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Definition: AUF |
AUFNoun1. A changeling or elf child, -- that is, one left by fairies; a deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf. |
Date "AUF" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Departure | Leave taking, valediction, adieu, farewell, goodbye, auf wiedersehen, sayonara, dosvidanya, ciao, aloha, hasta la vista; stirrup cup; valedictorian. |
Interjection: begone!; (ejection); farewell! adieu! goodbye! good day! au revoir! fare you well! God bless you! God speed! all aboard! auf wiedersehen! au plaisir de vous revoir! bon voyage! gluckliche Reise! vive valeque! | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AUF |
| Specialty definitions using "AUF": Bird in the hand ♦ delayed type hypersensitivity. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AUF": Elf. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AUF" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Bavarian (open), German (at, for, in, into, on, onto, open, pointinghinweisend, to, toward, towards, up, upon, waitingwartend). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Alwin auf der Landstraße (1974) Angst essen Seele auf (1974) Frühling auf Immenhof (1974) Liebesgrüße aus der Lederhose 2: Zwei Kumpel auf der Alm (1974) Wecken Sie Madame nicht auf (1974) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | "Ringe Auf Bewegender Ebene" (movie) by Rainer Wonisch. | ![]() | "Streifen Auf Ebene" (movie) by Rainer Wonisch. |
![]() | Der Zahnarzt Auf Dem Lande. / Adr. Brouwer px. W. Woernle sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Geil auf safer sex. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Auf der Ehrentribüne, links im Hintergrunde stehend Reichsarbeitsminister Seldte. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Auf seinem Wege von Mostau nach Berlin ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Life of Martin Luther and heroes of the reformation--"Luther auf dem Reichstag zu Worms". Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Aloys Senefelder--Enfinder der Lithographic und der chemischen Druckerey / Nach der Natur auf Stein gezeichnet von Lorenz Quaglio 1818. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Hitler baut auf - Helft mit ... Kauft Deutsche Ware / Günther Nagel. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Das Bundesverfassungsgericht beruft sich bei der Ablehnung der Fristenlosung auf den Artikel 1, Abs. 1 des Grundgesetzes : die Wurde des Menschen ist unantastbar. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "AUF" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 63.16% of the time. "AUF" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 63.16% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (proper) | 26.32% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.26% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 19 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Germany | EUROKAI Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expression using "AUF": auf wiedersehen. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AUF": auf-wie-der-sein. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "AUF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | vernis clair-transparent (clear lacquer ( auf Basis Cellulosederivat )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | at any rate (auf jeden Fall), wartend (auf waiting, waiting), schiebt (auf adjourns, pushes, shoves, shuffles, slides), Klarlack (clear varnish), in English (auf Englisch), hinweisend (advertent, auf pointing, demonstrative, indicative, pointing out). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | vernice chiara trasparente (alkyd varnish, clear lacquer ( auf Basis Cellulosederivat ), clear varnish ( mit oelhaltigem Bindemittel )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aufay verniz claro-transparente (alkyd varnish, clear lacquer ( auf Basis Cellulosederivat ), clear varnish ( mit oelhaltigem Bindemittel )). (various references) esmalte transparente (alkyd varnish, clear lacquer ( auf Basis Cellulosederivat ), clear varnish ( mit oelhaltigem Bindemittel )). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AUF": langlauf. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AUF": chaufer, chaufers, chauffer, chauffers, chauffeur, chauffeured, chauffeuring, chauffeurs, gallimaufries, gallimaufry, gauffer, gauffered, gauffering, gauffers, langlaufer, langlaufers, langlaufs, rechauffe, rechauffes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "Auf": Cauf. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-u" | |
-1 letter: fa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-u" | |
+1 letter: faun, faux, tufa. | |
+2 letters: afoul, awful, chufa, fanum, faugh, fauld, fault, fauna, fauns, fauve, favus, feuar, fraud, fugal, furan, luffa, quaff, snafu, sulfa, tufas. | |
+3 letters: afflux, aidful, aimful, argufy, armful, artful, bagful, canful, capful, carful, chufas, earful, faceup, facula, famous, famuli, fanums, faquir, faucal, fauces, faucet, faulds, faults, faulty, faunae, faunal, faunas, fauves, favour, fecula, ferula, feuars, feudal, fibula, flatus, flaunt, frauds, frugal, frusta, fugato, fulcra, fulham, fullam, fulmar, fungal, funkia, furane, furans, fusain, guffaw, hatful, jarful, lapful, lawful, luffas, manful, panful, quaffs, shaduf, snafus, sulfas, unfair, unsafe, upwaft, vatful, waeful. | |
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