aufbieten
[ˈaʊ̯fˌbiːtn̩]
The verdict
“aufbieten” is uncommon German (frequency #63,117 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,117
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas oder jemanden zur Erledigung einer Sache einsetzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufbieten · aufbieten · German
aufbieten · rank #63,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,117
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Asylant
Nearest frequency peer: Asylant (-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 „aufbieten“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Arterioskle…
Arteriosklerose
36,887 corpus weight
- Assyrer
Assyrer
36,886 corpus weight
- Asylant
Asylant
36,885 corpus weight
- aufbieten
aufbieten
36,884 corpus weight
- aufgebauscht
aufgebauscht
36,883 corpus weight
- aufgehellt
aufgehellt
36,882 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufbieten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufbieten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌbiːtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,117 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufbieten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufbieten is uncommon German at frequency #63,117 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌbiːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
aufbieten has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is aufbieten, spelled A-U-F-B-I-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas oder jemanden zur Erledigung einer Sache einsetzen
- 2eine bevorstehende Heirat verkünden
- 3den Startpreis einer Auktion bekanntgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufbieten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Recht, den Heerbann aufzubieten, gebührte dem König, dem damit ein entscheidendes, wenn nicht sogar das entscheidende Machtmittel zur Verfügung stand.“
„Die Sache ging mich aber doch zu nahe an, als daß ich nicht alles hätte aufbieten sollen, Klarheit hineinzubringen.“
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).