aufregen
German, verb
aufregen is spelled A-U-F-R-E-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written German, the 8,529th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufregen is a German verb meaning “to excite; to upset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Aufregen is a different word: “gerund of aufregen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden erregen, unruhig machen”.
What does aufregen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excite; to upset
- 2
to get upset, to get worked up about something
noun
- 1
neutergerund of aufregen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden erregen, unruhig machen 2. über etwas in Erregung, Unruhe geraten
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 aufregen
- regt auf present singular third-person
- regte auf past
- aufgeregt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufregend participle present
- aufzuregen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rege auf first-person indicative present
- regen auf first-person indicative plural
- regst auf indicative present second-person
- regest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- reget auf plural second-person subjunctive
- regten auf first-person indicative plural
- regtest auf indicative preterite second-person
- regtet auf indicative plural preterite
- reg auf! imperative singular
- rege auf! imperative singular
- regt auf! imperative plural
- aufgeregt haben transitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to aufregen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufregen in German?
aufregen appears 7.9 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).