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"Sperren" means "lock". "Aufsperren" means "unlock". The "auf" here means to negate or "open" or something?
Sorry I am not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask. Becasue the answer could simply be that, "auf" means nothing and "aufsperren" just means "unlock". You could say that it is just what it is and there is no need to ask what "auf" here means.
But for me I want to ask because if I know what "auf" means, it will be easier for me to remember the both meanings of "sperren" and "aufsperren". Otherwise I might confuse them two. And maybe there are other verb pairs similar to "sperren" and "aufsperren"?
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"Sperren" means "lock". "Aufsperren" means "unlock". The "auf" here means to negate or "open" or something?
Sorry I am not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask. Becasue the answer could simply be that, "auf" means nothing and "aufsperren" just means "unlock". You could say that it is just what it is and there is no need to ask what "auf" here means.
But for me I want to ask because if I know what "auf" means, it will be easier for me to remember the both meanings of "sperren" and "aufsperren". Otherwise I might confuse them two. And maybe there are other verb pairs similar to "sperren" and "aufsperren"?
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"Sperren" means "lock". "Aufsperren" means "unlock". The "auf" here means to negate or "open" or something?
Sorry I am not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask. Becasue the answer could simply be that, "auf" means nothing and "aufsperren" just means "unlock". You could say that it is just what it is and there is no need to ask what "auf" here means.
But for me I want to ask because if I know what "auf" means, it will be easier for me to remember the both meanings of "sperren" and "aufsperren". Otherwise I might confuse them two. And maybe there are other verb pairs similar to "sperren" and "aufsperren"?
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"Sperren" means "lock". "Aufsperren" means "unlock". The "auf" here means to negate or "open" or something?
Sorry I am not sure if this is an appropriate question to ask. Becasue the answer could simply be that, "auf" means nothing and "aufsperren" just means "unlock". You could say that it is just what it is and there is no need to ask what "auf" here means.
But for me I want to ask because if I know what "auf" means, it will be easier for me to remember the both meanings of "sperren" and "aufsperren". Otherwise I might confuse them two. And maybe there are other verb pairs similar to "sperren" and "aufsperren"?
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As pointed out in Kilian's answer, the "auf" prefix here refers to opening something.
It does, however, not negate the pre-ixed word in general (e.g. as opposed to how "to lock"/"to unlock" work in English). Rather than that, the pair with explicit prefixes in German is "zusperren"/"aufsperren".
In there, "auf" has the aforementioned meaning of opening something, as it also appears in
- aufschließen
- aufklappen
- aufmachen (= öffnen)
and "zu" has the meaning of closing something, consistently with words such as
- zuschließen
- zuklappen
- zumachen (= schließen)
With that in mind, "sperren" can be considered a shorter form of "zusperren", as some kind of a default action done with respect to the concept of "sperren".
Among the above verb pairs, only "aufschließen"/"zuschließen" can be used in such a way that the unprefixed verb "schließen" can have the same meaning as "zuschließen", so this is not a general trait of all such pairs.
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Many German separable verb prefixes have somewhat obscure or arbitrary meanings, but auf- is actually fairly consistent. It means "opening" in verbs such as aufschliessen, aufmachen, aufsperren, aufschrauben etc.
There are also other consistent meanings in other fields; aufschliessen, aufholen, aufkommen all mean to decrease someone else's lead in a race, and aufrichten, aufstehen, aufspringen etc. all mean to become upright. You'll note that several of these meanings are subtly connected:for instance, it is intuitively much more likely to associate gaining on someone with the up direction than the down direction. Much-used particles almost always live in a web of interconnected meanings like this.
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As pointed out in Kilian's answer, the "auf" prefix here refers to opening something.
It does, however, not negate the pre-ixed word in general (e.g. as opposed to how "to lock"/"to unlock" work in English). Rather than that, the pair with explicit prefixes in German is "zusperren"/"aufsperren".
In there, "auf" has the aforementioned meaning of opening something, as it also appears in
- aufschließen
- aufklappen
- aufmachen (= öffnen)
and "zu" has the meaning of closing something, consistently with words such as
- zuschließen
- zuklappen
- zumachen (= schließen)
With that in mind, "sperren" can be considered a shorter form of "zusperren", as some kind of a default action done with respect to the concept of "sperren".
Among the above verb pairs, only "aufschließen"/"zuschließen" can be used in such a way that the unprefixed verb "schließen" can have the same meaning as "zuschließen", so this is not a general trait of all such pairs.
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As pointed out in Kilian's answer, the "auf" prefix here refers to opening something.
It does, however, not negate the pre-ixed word in general (e.g. as opposed to how "to lock"/"to unlock" work in English). Rather than that, the pair with explicit prefixes in German is "zusperren"/"aufsperren".
In there, "auf" has the aforementioned meaning of opening something, as it also appears in
- aufschließen
- aufklappen
- aufmachen (= öffnen)
and "zu" has the meaning of closing something, consistently with words such as
- zuschließen
- zuklappen
- zumachen (= schließen)
With that in mind, "sperren" can be considered a shorter form of "zusperren", as some kind of a default action done with respect to the concept of "sperren".
Among the above verb pairs, only "aufschließen"/"zuschließen" can be used in such a way that the unprefixed verb "schließen" can have the same meaning as "zuschließen", so this is not a general trait of all such pairs.
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As pointed out in Kilian's answer, the "auf" prefix here refers to opening something.
It does, however, not negate the pre-ixed word in general (e.g. as opposed to how "to lock"/"to unlock" work in English). Rather than that, the pair with explicit prefixes in German is "zusperren"/"aufsperren".
In there, "auf" has the aforementioned meaning of opening something, as it also appears in
- aufschließen
- aufklappen
- aufmachen (= öffnen)
and "zu" has the meaning of closing something, consistently with words such as
- zuschließen
- zuklappen
- zumachen (= schließen)
With that in mind, "sperren" can be considered a shorter form of "zusperren", as some kind of a default action done with respect to the concept of "sperren".
Among the above verb pairs, only "aufschließen"/"zuschließen" can be used in such a way that the unprefixed verb "schließen" can have the same meaning as "zuschließen", so this is not a general trait of all such pairs.
answered 1 hour ago
O. R. Mapper
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As pointed out in Kilian's answer, the "auf" prefix here refers to opening something.
It does, however, not negate the pre-ixed word in general (e.g. as opposed to how "to lock"/"to unlock" work in English). Rather than that, the pair with explicit prefixes in German is "zusperren"/"aufsperren".
In there, "auf" has the aforementioned meaning of opening something, as it also appears in
- aufschließen
- aufklappen
- aufmachen (= öffnen)
and "zu" has the meaning of closing something, consistently with words such as
- zuschließen
- zuklappen
- zumachen (= schließen)
With that in mind, "sperren" can be considered a shorter form of "zusperren", as some kind of a default action done with respect to the concept of "sperren".
Among the above verb pairs, only "aufschließen"/"zuschließen" can be used in such a way that the unprefixed verb "schließen" can have the same meaning as "zuschließen", so this is not a general trait of all such pairs.
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@IQV: Thank you, fixed. The joys of typing on a mobile.
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Many German separable verb prefixes have somewhat obscure or arbitrary meanings, but auf- is actually fairly consistent. It means "opening" in verbs such as aufschliessen, aufmachen, aufsperren, aufschrauben etc.
There are also other consistent meanings in other fields; aufschliessen, aufholen, aufkommen all mean to decrease someone else's lead in a race, and aufrichten, aufstehen, aufspringen etc. all mean to become upright. You'll note that several of these meanings are subtly connected:for instance, it is intuitively much more likely to associate gaining on someone with the up direction than the down direction. Much-used particles almost always live in a web of interconnected meanings like this.
answered 1 hour ago
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Many German separable verb prefixes have somewhat obscure or arbitrary meanings, but auf- is actually fairly consistent. It means "opening" in verbs such as aufschliessen, aufmachen, aufsperren, aufschrauben etc.
There are also other consistent meanings in other fields; aufschliessen, aufholen, aufkommen all mean to decrease someone else's lead in a race, and aufrichten, aufstehen, aufspringen etc. all mean to become upright. You'll note that several of these meanings are subtly connected:for instance, it is intuitively much more likely to associate gaining on someone with the up direction than the down direction. Much-used particles almost always live in a web of interconnected meanings like this.
answered 1 hour ago
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Many German separable verb prefixes have somewhat obscure or arbitrary meanings, but auf- is actually fairly consistent. It means "opening" in verbs such as aufschliessen, aufmachen, aufsperren, aufschrauben etc.
There are also other consistent meanings in other fields; aufschliessen, aufholen, aufkommen all mean to decrease someone else's lead in a race, and aufrichten, aufstehen, aufspringen etc. all mean to become upright. You'll note that several of these meanings are subtly connected:for instance, it is intuitively much more likely to associate gaining on someone with the up direction than the down direction. Much-used particles almost always live in a web of interconnected meanings like this.
answered 1 hour ago
Kilian Foth
8,5901524
Many German separable verb prefixes have somewhat obscure or arbitrary meanings, but auf- is actually fairly consistent. It means "opening" in verbs such as aufschliessen, aufmachen, aufsperren, aufschrauben etc.
There are also other consistent meanings in other fields; aufschliessen, aufholen, aufkommen all mean to decrease someone else's lead in a race, and aufrichten, aufstehen, aufspringen etc. all mean to become upright. You'll note that several of these meanings are subtly connected:for instance, it is intuitively much more likely to associate gaining on someone with the up direction than the down direction. Much-used particles almost always live in a web of interconnected meanings like this.
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