auf

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Hear it

prepositionslang
  1. [with dative] on, uponpositioned at the top of
  2. [with accusative] on, onto, upmoving to the top of
  3. [with accusative] onindicating responsibility
  4. Introduces a word, usually an adjective, acting as context or a condition for the whole sentence.
  5. [with dative] in, at; used with certain nouns instead of bei or in
adjectiveinformal
  1. open
adverbcolloquial
  1. finished; gonefood
  2. up; awake; out of bed
interjection
  1. carry oncontinue or proceed as before
  2. have a go

Forms

preposition

prepositionalauf
worauf
darauf
hierauf

Used in the library

Other ways to say it

Saying goodbye

  • auf WiedersehengoodbyeThe full formal goodbye — leaving a shop, an office, anyone you say Sie to.

Refusing and disagreeing

  • auf keinen Fallno wayStrong; among people you know.

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