aufeinanderprallen
[aʊ̯fʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌpʁalən]
The verdict
“aufeinanderprallen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heftig, mit Schwung aufeinandertreffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufeinanderprallen · aufeinanderprallen · German
aufeinanderprallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufeinanderprallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯fʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌpʁalən] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufeinanderprallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufeinanderprallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯fʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌpʁalən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aufeinanderprallen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufeinanderprallen, spelled A-U-F-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-P-R-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1heftig, mit Schwung aufeinandertreffen
- 2(von sehr gegensätzlichen Meinungen, Vorstellungen, Anschauungen) aufeinandertreffen, zusammentreffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufeinanderprallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In der Nacht sind zwei Schnellzüge aufeinandergeprallt.
Da prallen zwei Weltanschauungen aufeinander!
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.