aufbessern

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#52,654

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

aufbessern is aGermanverb. It means: bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern) Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn].

Key facts for aufbessern
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Headwordaufbessern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,654
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aufbessern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aufbessern is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #52,654 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)".

No misspelling variants are generated for aufbessern in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is aufbessern, spelled A-U-F-B-E-S-S-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)

Frequency rank: #52,654 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufbessern"?
"aufbessern" is spelled A-U-F-B-E-S-S-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn].
What does "aufbessern" mean?
As a verb, "aufbessern" means: bei etwas die Qualität oder Quantität erhöhen (verbessern)
How do you pronounce "aufbessern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufbessern" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌbɛsɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufbessern" come from?
"aufbessern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.