draufzahlen
German, verb/ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌtsaːln/
draufzahlen is spelled D-R-A-U-F-Z-A-H-L-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Draufzahlen is a German verb meaning “to pay extra, to pay an additional charge or amount” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zusätzlich zahlen”.
What does draufzahlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto pay extra, to pay an additional charge or amount
- 2
informalto lose out, to lose money
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zusätzlich zahlen 2. bei etwas finanziellen Verlust machen
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 draufzahlen
- zahlt drauf present singular third-person
- zahlte drauf past
- draufgezahlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- draufzahlend participle present
- draufzuzahlen infinitive infinitive-zu
- zahle drauf first-person indicative present
- zahlen drauf first-person indicative plural
- zahlst drauf indicative present second-person
- zahlest drauf second-person singular subjunctive
- zahlet drauf plural second-person subjunctive
- zahlten drauf first-person indicative plural
- zahltest drauf indicative preterite second-person
- zahltet drauf indicative plural preterite
- zahl drauf present
- zahle drauf! imperative singular
- zahl drauf! imperative singular
- zahlt drauf! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce draufzahlen?
- /ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌtsaːln/
- [ˈdʁaʊ̯fˌt͡saːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is draufzahlen in German?
draufzahlen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).