auffahren

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ūfvaren, ūfvarn, from Old High German ūffaran, from Proto-West Germanic *uppfaran. Equivalent to auf- +‎ fahren. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯fˌfaːʁən/ Hyphenation: auf‧fah‧ren === Verb === auffahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present fährt auf, past tense fuhr auf, past participle aufgefahren, past subjunctive führe auf, auxiliary sein) (especially automotive) to rear-end, to drive into (automotive) to tailgate (to drive close behind another vehicle) dicht auffahren ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) (religion) to go up, ascend in den Himmel auffahren ― to ascend to heaven (military) to deploy (weapons) schweres Geschütz auffahren ― to deploy heavy artillery (intransitive, military, of vehicles) to move, enter (into a position) (colloquial) to serve (up) (food or drink) (construction) to deliver (building materials, bulk goods etc.) (especially mining) to bore, dig (a tunnel) (semelfactive, intransitive, of window, door etc.) to slam open; to open abruptly to spring up (out of shock) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Auffahren Auffahrt Auffahrunfall === Further reading === “auffahren” in Duden online “auffahren”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)