aufpassen.
to watch out, to be alert
Meaning & usage
to watch out, to be alert
Pass auf!
to look after, to take care of
Könntest du kurz auf meinen Hund aufpassen?
Pass auf dich auf.
to be attentive
Er soll mit seinem Geld aufpassen.
Where this word comes from
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.
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