"Er hört auf Zeitungen zu lesen."

Translation: He stops reading newspapers.

[phle]

Thank you kaiengle! It helps a lot! Just one thing I don't get. How do you get from "hören" - "to hear" just with adding auf "aufhören" - "to stop" - completely different meaning. I always try to find connections in meanings to better remember things, but I can't see any here.

[Lesley-IV]

As a separable prefix, why doesn't auf go at the very end: Er hört Zeitungen zu lesen auf"? Unless it is functioning both as a prefix (aufhören) and as a preposition?

[PaulMcCann6]

Because of the missing comma :-) "Er hört auf, Zeitungen zu lesen". So the "auf" is at the end of the first clause.

[BlairScots]

Thanks KaiEngle u cleared things up for me.

[Jano-18]

Could it also be "Er hört Zeitungen zu lesen auf"? where 'Zeitungen zu lesen' is the object?

[LawrenceWelch]

The translation "He's stopping reading newspapers" was not accepted. Now, that implies intent, which maybe the German doesn't (though I don't really know). But the suggested translation is strange. It's continuative, suggesting that he stops reading newspapers on a regular basis. Anyway, I think my translation should be accepted.

[Pam555311]

I agree