auflecken
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯fˌlɛkn̩/
auflecken is spelled A-U-F-L-E-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auflecken is a German verb meaning “to lick up something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer Oberfläche leckend aufnehmen”.
What does auflecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lick up something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einer Oberfläche leckend aufnehmen
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 auflecken
- leckt auf present singular third-person
- leckte auf past
- aufgeleckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufleckend participle present
- aufzulecken infinitive infinitive-zu
- lecke auf first-person indicative present
- lecken auf first-person indicative plural
- leckst auf indicative present second-person
- leckest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- lecket auf plural second-person subjunctive
- leckten auf first-person indicative plural
- lecktest auf indicative preterite second-person
- lecktet auf indicative plural preterite
- leck auf! imperative singular
- lecke auf! imperative singular
- leckt auf! imperative plural
- aufgeleckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auflecken?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌlɛkn̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌlɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is auflecken in German?
auflecken appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).