aufmerksam epitome of incomprehensibility Tyler, one of the students student, made sure to offer his host "mother" the food platter. She called that "aufmerksam." I asked what that meant. "Oh...like a gentleman." "Like, like, polite?" I asked. TK looked it up on her phone. "Observant? Noticing things?" Not quite, the native speakers indicated. "Conscientious?" I went. I meant to say "considerate," but I couldn't think of that, so I went the fancy route. Friedrich beside me: "Attentive." That seemed to be right, and I said, "Oh, yes, attentive, yes," even though I couldn't really know, just guess. But later I couldn't remember the German word, so I looked up "attentive" and sure enough, there was "aufmerksam." 230513 ... e_o_i (there should be only one "students" there in the first line, gaah) 230513 what's it to you? who go blather from