aufplustern
German, verb
aufplustern is spelled A-U-F-P-L-U-S-T-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufplustern is a German verb meaning “to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aufplustern is a different word: “gerund of aufplustern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Gefieder aufrichten”.
What does aufplustern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fluff up, puff up (principally of birds, but also cats etc.)
- 2
to prance, boast, behave showily
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aufplustern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Gefieder aufrichten 2. sich durch Aufrichten des Gefieders aufblähen 3. sich wichtigtun
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 aufplustern
- plustert auf present singular third-person
- plusterte auf past
- aufgeplustert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufplusternd participle present
- aufzuplustern infinitive infinitive-zu
- plustre auf first-person indicative present
- plustere auf first-person indicative present
- pluster auf first-person indicative present
- plustern auf first-person indicative plural
- plusterst auf indicative present second-person
- plusterest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- plustrest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- plusteret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- plustret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- plusterten auf first-person indicative plural
- plustertest auf indicative preterite second-person
- plustertet auf indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aufplustern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufplustern in German?
aufplustern appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).