auffallen

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German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: auf‧fal‧len

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to stand out, to be noticeable
    Keine Sorge, der Pickel fällt nicht auf.
    Don't worry, the pimple isn't noticeable.
  2. (intransitive) to catch (someone's) eye, to be noticeable (idiomatically translated by English notice with the dative object as the subject)
    Mir ist aufgefallen, dass du nichts gegessen hast.
    I noticed that you didn’t eat anything.

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Further reading

  • auffallen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • auffallen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • auffallen” in Duden online
  • auffallen” in OpenThesaurus.de