aufforsten
[ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstn̩]
The verdict
“aufforsten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in größerem Umfang, auf größerer Fläche Bäume anpflanzen, damit neuer Wald (ein Forst) nachwächst
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufforsten · aufforsten · German
aufforsten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | aufforsten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufforsten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufforsten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌfɔʁstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in größerem Umfang, auf größerer Fläche Bäume anpflanzen, damit neuer Wald (ein Forst) nachwächst".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aufforsten, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 aufforsten, spelled A-U-F-F-O-R-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1in größerem Umfang, auf größerer Fläche Bäume anpflanzen, damit neuer Wald (ein Forst) nachwächst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufforsten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das nordrhein-westfälische Landesforstgesetz verpflichtet Waldbesitzer, Kahlflächen innerhalb von zwei Jahren wieder aufzuforsten.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.