"clean up sth" in German to clean up sth. etw. aufräumen etw. putzen reinigen reinemachen säubern etw. sauber machen Detailed translations for "clean up sth" to clean up sth. to clean up sth.(also: to clear sth. up, to tidy sth., to neaten up sth., to straighten up sth.) etw. aufräumen{transitive verb} to clean up sth.(also: to clean) etw. putzen to clean up sth.(also: to clean, to refine sth., to purge) reinigen to clean up sth.(also: to clean) reinemachen to clean up sth.(also: to clean) säubern{transitive verb} to clean up sth.(also: to clean the place, to do the cleaning in a place) etw. sauber machen{transitive verb}