aufflammen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌflamən]
The verdict
“aufflammen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,419 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,419
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus der Glut wieder eine sichtbare Flamme produzieren
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufflammen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌflamən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #87,419 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aufflammen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aufflammen is uncommon German at frequency #87,419 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌflamən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aufflammen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is aufflammen, spelled A-U-F-F-L-A-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus der Glut wieder eine sichtbare Flamme produzieren
- 2(nach einer Zeit der Ruhe wieder oder plötzlich aus dem Nichts) aktuell werden
- 3als Lichtpunkt (zum Beispiel einer Flamme) kurz sichtbar werden
Antonyms
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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Using “aufflammen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-F-L-A-M-M-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯fˌflamən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.