auflauern
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯fˌlaʊ̯ɐn]
auflauern is spelled A-U-F-L-A-U-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auflauern is a German verb meaning “to lie in wait for, to ambush” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in versteckter Stellung warten mit eher böser Absicht”.
What does auflauern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lie in wait for, to ambush
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in versteckter Stellung warten mit eher böser Absicht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of auflauern
- lauert auf present singular third-person
- lauerte auf past
- aufgelauert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auflauernd participle present
- aufzulauern infinitive infinitive-zu
- laure auf first-person indicative present
- lauere auf first-person indicative present
- lauer auf first-person indicative present
- lauern auf first-person indicative plural
- lauerst auf indicative present second-person
- lauerest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- laurest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- laueret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- lauret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- lauerten auf first-person indicative plural
- lauertest auf indicative preterite second-person
- lauertet auf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auflauern?
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌlaʊ̯ɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to auflauern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auflauern in German?
auflauern appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).