Dictionary verb (he)rauf verb *mag- machen aufmachen raufmachen
((he)rauf verb)

Meanings

1.
to put something on top of something else
(That's what you do with extra cheese on a pizza. So it's really really important. Well, for me, at least.)
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Opposite (closest): runtermachen

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Word Family

Root: *mag-

The core idea of this root was:

kneading, fitting

And its main field of use originally was “kneading” clay to build a house.
The sense has broadened a lot in the verb to make, but the original sense is still visible in most of the other relatives.

  • mass (originally: “unshaped lump of matter”)
  • match (originally: “masses fitting well”)
  • magma (originally: “thick dough like matter”)
  • among (originally: “kneaded together”)
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