Polyglot Dictionary

auftürmen

/ˈaʊ̯fˌtʏʁmən/

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
türmt auf
past
türmte auf
perfect
hat aufgetürmt

Meaning

  1. to pile up

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

aufhäufen

Near-total synonyms for "to pile up"; auftürmen suggests piling into an actual tower-like heap (from Turm, tower), aufhäufen is more general piling up.

Similar in other languages

French

mettre en tas

mettre en tas is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to pile up."

Portuguese

amontoar

amontoar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to pile up."

Practice

1 What does auftürmen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Die Wellen türmen sich ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches auftürmen?

verbseparable-verb

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