This is the 713th most frequent German word.
aufs
"Aufs" is a contraction of "auf das," meaning "onto the" or "on the" in English.
The word 'aufs' is a contraction of 'auf das', used here to indicate something being abstained from.
Ich habe heute aufs Frühstück verzichtet.
I skipped breakfast today.
The word 'aufs' is a contraction of 'auf das', used here to describe the direction of viewing with the preposition 'auf'.
Er sieht aufs Meer hinaus.
He looks out onto the sea.
In this sentence, 'aufs' is a contraction of 'auf das', used to express an action extending onto a specific space.