aufbäumen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən]/ verb

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The verdict

“aufbäumen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,351 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,351
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich ruckartig steil aufrichten

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufbaumen · aufbäumen · German

aufbäumen · rank #60,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,351
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aubergine

Nearest frequency peer: Aubergine (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „aufbäumen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufbäumen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufbäumen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufbäumen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,351
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufbäumen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).aufbäumenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aubergine“ (#60,350), „aufgefundenen“ (#60,352), „ate“ (#60,349). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufbäumen“ bei #60,351. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufbäumen is uncommon German at frequency #60,351 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aufbäumen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is aufbäumen, spelled A-U-F-B-Ä-U-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    sich ruckartig steil aufrichten
  2. 2
    sich gegen etwas auflehnen, sich empören, sich widersetzen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aufbäumen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Junge kann sich sehr schnell aufbäumen.
  2. Wir sehen Pferde sich aufbäumen, geballte Fäuste, einen schlafenden Hund.

Synonyms

bäumenauflehnenempörenwidersetzen

This word in other languages

convulse(English)encabritarse(Español)se cabrer(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufbäumen"?
"aufbäumen" is spelled A-U-F-B-Ä-U-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən].
What does "aufbäumen" mean?
As a verb, "aufbäumen" means: sich ruckartig steil aufrichten
How do you pronounce "aufbäumen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufbäumen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɔɪ̯mən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufbäumen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aubergine#60,350aufwachst#60,359alternate#60,328Backblech#60,380

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list