aufpassen

== German == === Etymology === auf- +‎ passen, a calque of Dutch oppassen. The sense “to be attentive” is not borrowed from French (as is the verb stem passen) but a native development of Dutch. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈaʊ̯fpasən], [ˈaʊ̯fpasn̩] === Verb === aufpassen (weak, third-person singular present passt auf, past tense passte auf, past participle aufgepasst, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to watch out, to be alert Pass auf! ― Watch out! (intransitive) to look after, to take care of [with auf (+ accusative) ‘someone/something’] Pass auf dich auf. ― Take care of yourself. (intransitive) to be attentive [with mit ‘with something’] ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “aufpassen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “aufpassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “aufpassen” in Duden online “aufpassen” in OpenThesaurus.de