Polyglot Dictionary

aufbauschen

/ˈaʊ̯fˌbaʊ̯ʃn̩/

verb C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
separable

Forms

present
bauscht auf
past
bauschte auf
perfect
hat aufgebauscht

Meaning

  1. to exaggerate

    • Die Presse bauschte den Vorfall auf.

      The press blew the incident up.

    • Die Presse hat den kleinen Vorfall aufgebauscht. In Wirklichkeit war nichts Schlimmes passiert.

      The press blew the small incident out of proportion. In reality nothing bad had happened.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

übertreiben

Aufbauschen is blowing a small issue out of proportion, making it seem bigger than it is; übertreiben is the general word for exaggerating anything, including over-complimenting.

Similar in other languages

French

exagérer

exagérer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to exaggerate."

Portuguese

exagerar

exagerar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to exaggerate."

Practice

1 What does aufbauschen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Presse ___ den Vorfall auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aufbauschen?

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