aufbrechen
Letters
10 characters
Frequency Rank
#15,821
in German word usage
Misspellings
15
tracked variants
Confusables
5
similar word pairs
aufbrechen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas, das verschlossen ist, mit Gewalt öffnen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁɛçn̩]. Often confused with aufdrehen and ausbrechen.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufbrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,821 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency rank visualization
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for aufbrechen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌbʁɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,821 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for aufbrechen, with forms such as "afubrechen", "aubfrechen", and "aufbbrechen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "aufdrehen", "ausbrechen", "aufrechten", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 aufbrechen, spelled A-U-F-B-R-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1etwas, das verschlossen ist, mit Gewalt öffnen
- 2(eine intakte Fläche, Oberfläche) in einzelne Stücke brechen
- 3(einen Ackerboden oder dergleichen) mit einem Pflug (erstmals oder erneut) bearbeiten, umwenden
- 4etwas unachtsam und mit Hast öffnen
- 5einem erlegten Wild die Eingeweide entnehmen
- 6ein Lager, Zelt, Zeltlager abbauen
- 7sich plötzlich (ohne äußere Einwirkung, von selbst) öffnen
- 8(von einer Oberfläche) sich auseinanderbrechend, aufreißend, aufplatzend öffnen
- 9(plötzlich [wieder]) deutlich erkennbar, sichtbar werden; (plötzlich) offenkundig werden
- 10sich von einem Ort entfernen, einen Ort verlassen
- 11etwas (Neues) in Angriff nehmen, im Begriff sein, etwas (Neues) zu tun
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: afubrechen,aubfrechen,aufbbrechen,aufberchen,aufbrcehen,aufbrecchen,aufbrecehn,aufbrechenn,aufbrechhen,aufbrechne,aufbrehcen,aufbrrechen,auffbrechen,aufrbechen,uafbrechen
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for aufbrechen
Misspelling Variants of "aufbrechen"
Frequency rank: #15,821 in German
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "aufbrechen"?
What does "aufbrechen" mean?
What words are commonly confused with "aufbrechen"?
How do you pronounce "aufbrechen"?
What language does "aufbrechen" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Nearby German words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our German index: