auffallen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ūfvallen, ūffallen, equivalent to auf- + fallen. Cognate with Middle Low German upvallen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaufˌfalən]
  • Hyphenation: auf‧fal‧len

Verb

auffallen (class 7 strong, third-person singular simple present fällt auf, past tense fiel auf, past participle aufgefallen, past subjunctive fiele auf, auxiliary sein)

  1. to stand out
  2. (with dative) to catch someone's eye; (translating the dative as the subject) to notice
    Mir ist aufgefallen, dass du nichts gegessen hast.
    I noticed that you didn’t eat anything.

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