Aufstand
German, noun
Aufstand is spelled A-U-F-S-T-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufstand is a German masculine noun meaning “uprising, insurrection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, aufstand is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent preterite of aufstehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(häufig bewaffnete) Aktion des Widerstands gegen eine bestehende Regierung”.
What does Aufstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineuprising, insurrection
Mach bitte keinen Aufstand, ja?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular dependent preterite of aufstehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (häufig bewaffnete) Aktion des Widerstands gegen eine bestehende Regierung
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 Aufstand
- Aufstandes genitive
- Aufstands genitive
- Aufstände plural
- Aufstande dative singular
- Aufständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Aufstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufstand in German?
Aufstand appears 9.5 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).