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German preposition · CEFR A1

auf

Meaning in English: on, onto; open

Rank 13 of 5,000prepositionLevel A12 forms in the list
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Example

Das Buch liegt auf dem Tisch.

The book is on the table.

Forms of auf in the top 5,000

These forms of auf are in the top 5,000 as well — German adds endings for gender, case and number:

aufs#1,626
onto the, to the (auf das)A2

Im Sommer fahren wir aufs Land.
In summer we go to the countryside.

How common is auf?

auf is number 13 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 8,521 times per million words — about once every 120 words.

Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 21% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.

Next to it in the frequency list

  1. 9zuto; too; closed
  2. 10vonfrom, of, by
  3. 11imin the (in + dem)
  4. 12istis
  5. 13aufon, onto; open
  6. 14sieshe, they; her, them
  7. 15eina, an; one
  8. 16sichoneself, himself, herself, themselves
  9. 17einea, an (feminine); one

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