auflehnen

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German

Etymology

auf- +‎ lehnen

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: auf‧leh‧nen
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Verb

auflehnen (weak, third-person singular present lehnt auf, past tense lehnte auf, past participle aufgelehnt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (regional) to lean (one's arms) on
  2. (reflexive) to rebel
    Die Sklaven lehnten sich gegen ihren Besitzer auf.
    The slaves rose up against their owner.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • auflehnen” in Duden online
  • auflehnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache