aufmerken
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkən/
aufmerken is spelled A-U-F-M-E-R-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufmerken is a German verb meaning “to pay attention, to attend to something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Sinne auf etwas lenken”.
What does aufmerken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay attention, to attend to something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Sinne auf etwas lenken
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 aufmerken
- merkt auf present singular third-person
- merkte auf past
- aufgemerkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufmerkend participle present
- aufzumerken infinitive infinitive-zu
- merke auf first-person indicative present
- merken auf first-person indicative plural
- merkst auf indicative present second-person
- merkest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- merket auf plural second-person subjunctive
- merkten auf first-person indicative plural
- merktest auf indicative preterite second-person
- merktet auf indicative plural preterite
- merk auf! imperative singular
- merke auf! imperative singular
- merkt auf! imperative plural
- aufgemerkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufmerken?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌmɛʁkən/
- [ˈʔäo̯f-]
- [-ˌmɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is aufmerken in German?
aufmerken appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).