Polyglot Dictionary

aufstocken

/ˈaʊ̯fˌʃtɔkn̩/

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
stockt auf
past
stockte auf
perfect
hat aufgestockt

Meaning

  1. to increase

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

erhöhen

aufstocken specifically implies adding to an existing amount, like topping up staff numbers; erhöhen is more general raising or increasing.

ansteigen

aufstocken is deliberate and transitive, to increase something on purpose; ansteigen is natural and intransitive, for something to rise on its own — a useful grammatical distinction.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

aumentar

aumentar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to increase."

Portuguese

incrementar

incrementar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to increase."

Practice

1 What does aufstocken mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie stockten das Personal ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches aufstocken?

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