Polyglot Dictionary

aufspalten

/ˈaʊ̯fˌʃpaltn̩/

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

Forms

present
spaltet auf
past
spaltete auf
perfect
hat aufgespalten

Meaning

  1. to split up

    Built from auf (up, open) + spalten (to split).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • auf up, open
  • spalten to split

Similar words

abspalten

Abspalten is splitting a part OFF a larger whole — seceding, breaking away; aufspalten is splitting something UP into several pieces.

Practice

1 What does aufspalten mean?

2 Fill the gap: Man ___ das Unternehmen auf.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aufspalten?

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