aufbegehren
[ˈaʊ̯fbəˌɡeːʁən]
The verdict
“aufbegehren” is uncommon German (frequency #53,484 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,484
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich gegen etwas zur Wehr setzen, sich widersetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufbegehren · aufbegehren · German
aufbegehren · rank #53,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,484
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Atomstrom
Nearest frequency peer: Atomstrom (-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 „aufbegehren“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Asiate
Asiate
46,520 corpus weight
- Asylrechts
Asylrechts
46,519 corpus weight
- Atomstrom
Atomstrom
46,518 corpus weight
- aufbegehren
aufbegehren
46,517 corpus weight
- auflöste
auflöste
46,516 corpus weight
- aufraffen
aufraffen
46,515 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufbegehren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufbegehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fbəˌɡeːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #53,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufbegehren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufbegehren is uncommon German at frequency #53,484 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fbəˌɡeːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich gegen etwas zur Wehr setzen, sich widersetzen".
Zero misspellings are on record for aufbegehren in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aufbegehren, spelled A-U-F-B-E-G-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich gegen etwas zur Wehr setzen, sich widersetzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufbegehren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der Wende im Herbst 1989 begehrten die Bürger der DDR gegen das Staatsregime auf.
This word in other languages
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.
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