auffallen

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯fˌfalən]
  • Audio(file)
  • 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. (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.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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