auflegen

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German

Etymology

auf- +‎ legen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: auf‧le‧gen

Verb

auflegen (weak, third-person singular present legt auf, past tense legte auf, past participle aufgelegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to lay on
  2. (telephony) to hang up
  3. to publish
  4. to issue (shares etc.)
  5. (music) to select and play records
  6. (nautical) to lay up (a boat, ship)
  7. (reflexive, regional, with mit) to quarrel; to start a fight
    Synonym: sich anlegen

Conjugation

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Further reading

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