aufheizen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“aufheizen” is uncommon German (frequency #78,888 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,888
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Temperatur (von außen) steigern

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufheizen · aufheizen · German

aufheizen · rank #78,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,888
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgespannt

Nearest frequency peer: aufgespannt (-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 „aufheizen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufheizen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufheizen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,888
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufheizen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).aufheizenfällt 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: „aufgespannt“ (#78,887), „Aufstiege“ (#78,889), „Audits“ (#78,886). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufheizen“ bei #78,888. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufheizen is uncommon German at frequency #78,888 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for aufheizen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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. The correct German form is aufheizen, spelled A-U-F-H-E-I-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Temperatur (von außen) steigern
  2. 2
    an Temperatur zunehmen
  3. 3
    an Spannung zunehmen (lassen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aufheizen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Nach dem Erkalten gießt man in 1,5 l Wasser, heizt auf 80° auf, filtriert das unveränderte Anthrachinon ab und wäscht es mit wenig heißem Wasser.“
  2. „Die dunkle Farbe absorbiert das Licht, wandelt es in Wärme um - ähnlich wie sich ein schwarzes Auto in der Sonne mächtig aufheizt.“

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 "aufheizen"?
"aufheizen" is spelled A-U-F-H-E-I-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩].
What does "aufheizen" mean?
As a verb, "aufheizen" means: die Temperatur (von außen) steigern
How do you pronounce "aufheizen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufheizen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhaɪ̯t͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufheizen" come from?
"aufheizen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list