English-German translations for get up

• aufstehen
  Lassen Sie uns immer früh aufstehen, damit wir Europa bauen! Let us always get up early to go to work on Europe!
  Wir müssen etwas früher aufstehen, wie uns Präsident Clinton geraten hat. We must get up a little bit earlier, as President Clinton has advised us.
  Diese Menschen sind Flüchtlinge; sie haben das Recht, abends sicher zu Bett gehen und morgens sicher aufstehen zu können. So these people are refugees; they are entitled to go to bed at night and get up in the morning, safe.
• Abkommen das
• erheben
  Ich brauche mich nur zu erheben, meinen Platz zu verlassen, und unsere Beratung ist automatisch unterbrochen. I merely have to get up - to rise from this seat - and the proceedings will be suspended automatically.
  Nachdem es lange Zeit auf den Knien lag, ist es nun bereit, sich zu erheben und seine Rolle auf der Weltbühne zu spielen. Having been on its knees for a long time, it is now ready to get up and play its part on the world stage.
• Kette geben
• lüften
• sich erheben

Definition of get up

• To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb
• To rise from one's bed (often implying to wake up
• To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up
• To materialise; to grow stronger
• To bring together; to amass
• To gather or grow larger by accretion
• To go towards the attacking goal
• To criticise
• To annoy
• To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly

Examples

• The tired horse eventually got up and over the hurdle
• Im having difficulty getting up the stairs
• I didnt get up until midday
• Get up off the couch and clean this mess!
• As dusk fell a storm got up
• The general got up a large body of men
• The locomotive got up a good head of steam
• I could see that he was getting up a temper
• He got up me about the mess I made in the kitchen
• She was all got up in the most ridiculous frilly dress

Related words

• vegetable soup
• target group
• get up on the wrong side of the bed
• get up to
• if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
• get a leg up
• get the wind up
• get it up
• get one's hopes up