aufgeschreckt

[ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt]

/[ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt]/ verb

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The verdict

“aufgeschreckt” is uncommon German (frequency #57,678 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,678
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Perfekt des Verbs aufschrecken

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufgeschreckt · aufgeschreckt · German

aufgeschreckt · rank #57,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,678
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgereiht

Nearest frequency peer: aufgereiht (-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 „aufgeschreckt“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufgeschreckt“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufgeschreckt
PropertyValue
Headwordaufgeschreckt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt]
Letters13
Frequency rank#57,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufgeschreckt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.aufgeschrecktfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufgereiht“ (#57,677), „aufsaugen“ (#57,679), „Aufgabenbereiche“ (#57,676). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufgeschreckt“ bei #57,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufgeschreckt is uncommon German at frequency #57,678 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs aufschrecken".

aufgeschreckt has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is aufgeschreckt, spelled A-U-F-G-E-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs aufschrecken

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufgeschreckt"?
"aufgeschreckt" is spelled A-U-F-G-E-S-C-H-R-E-C-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt].
What does "aufgeschreckt" mean?
As a verb, "aufgeschreckt" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs aufschrecken
How do you pronounce "aufgeschreckt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufgeschreckt" is [ˈaʊ̯fɡəˌʃʁɛkt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufgeschreckt", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

auffälligsten#57,675Amtsgeschäfte#57,648zuverlässiges#57,605zukunftsfähig#57,599

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list