aufräumen
German, verb
aufräumen is spelled A-U-F-R-Ä-U-M-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufräumen is a German verb meaning “to tidy up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aufräumen is a different word: “gerund of aufräumen: the act of tidying up”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ordnung schaffen”.
What does aufräumen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tidy up
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aufräumen: the act of tidying up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Ordnung schaffen 2. etwas beseitigen
noun: 1. das Herstellen von Ordnung
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 aufräumen
- räumt auf present singular third-person
- räumte auf past
- aufgeräumt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufräumend participle present
- aufzuräumen infinitive infinitive-zu
- räume auf first-person indicative present
- räumen auf first-person indicative plural
- räumst auf indicative present second-person
- räumest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- räumet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- räumten auf first-person indicative plural
- räumtest auf indicative preterite second-person
- räumtet auf indicative plural preterite
- räum auf! imperative singular
- räume auf! imperative singular
- räumt auf! imperative plural
- aufgeräumt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aufräumen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufräumen in German?
aufräumen appears 5.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).