aufspüren
German, verb[ˈʔaʊ̯fʃpyːɐ̯n]
aufspüren is spelled A-U-F-S-P-Ü-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,576th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufspüren is a German verb meaning “to detect, trace, track down or sniff out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden/etwas durch intensive Suche finden”.
What does aufspüren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detect, trace, track down or sniff out
Die Hunde haben die Hasen aufgespürt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Finden, nach einer gezielten Suche nach etwas oder jemandem
verb: 1. jemanden/etwas durch intensive Suche finden
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 aufspüren
- spürt auf present singular third-person
- spürte auf past
- aufgespürt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- aufspürend participle present
- aufzuspüren infinitive infinitive-zu
- spüre auf first-person indicative present
- spüren auf first-person indicative plural
- spürst auf indicative present second-person
- spürest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- spüret auf plural second-person subjunctive
- spürten auf first-person indicative plural
- spürtest auf indicative preterite second-person
- spürtet auf indicative plural preterite
- Aufspürens genitive singular
- spür auf! imperative singular
- spüre auf! imperative singular
- spürt auf! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufspüren?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fʃpyːɐ̯n]
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fʃpyːʁən]
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃpyːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufspüren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufspüren in German?
aufspüren appears 1.6 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).