Also means
pay attention
Usage Note
achten means to respect someone, but with auf it shifts to 'pay attention to' or 'watch out for': auf die Kinder achten. Don't confuse it with separable beachten (to heed) or verachten (to despise). The related noun Achtung also serves as a warning shout.
Examples
"Du musst auf den Verkehr achten."
Natural Translation
You have to pay attention to the traffic.
Literal Translation
You must on the traffic pay-attention.
Related Words
- Abgebrühtheit hardened cynicism, unshockable matter-of-factness
- Achtsamkeit mindfulness, attentiveness, careful awareness
- Ansicht opinion
- Arglosigkeit naivety, guilelessness, unsuspecting nature
- Argwohn suspicion
- Aufbruchsstimmung mood of new beginnings, pioneering spirit
- Aufsässigkeit rebelliousness, insubordination
- Bedächtigkeit deliberateness, careful thoughtfulness
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