aufheulen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən]/ verb

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The verdict

“aufheulen” is uncommon German (frequency #93,965 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,965
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen (kurzen) hohen Ton von sich geben

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufheulen · aufheulen · German

aufheulen · rank #93,965 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,965
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgesteckt

Nearest frequency peer: aufgesteckt (-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 „aufheulen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufheulen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufheulen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,965
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufheulen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.aufheulenfällt 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: „aufgesteckt“ (#93,964), „aufkeimenden“ (#93,966), „aufgespart“ (#93,963). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufheulen“ bei #93,965. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufheulen is uncommon German at frequency #93,965 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen (kurzen) hohen Ton von sich geben".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aufheulen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufheulen, spelled A-U-F-H-E-U-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen (kurzen) hohen Ton von sich geben

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Hund heulte auf, als Caro ihm auf den Schwanz trat.
  2. Mitten in der Nacht heulten die Sirenen auf.

Antonyms

verstummen

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 "aufheulen"?
"aufheulen" is spelled A-U-F-H-E-U-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən].
What does "aufheulen" mean?
As a verb, "aufheulen" means: einen (kurzen) hohen Ton von sich geben
How do you pronounce "aufheulen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufheulen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhɔɪ̯lən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufheulen" come from?
"aufheulen" 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 "aufheulen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

aufwartet#93,969Atommacht#93,958ausbeutet#93,972Backfisch#93,990

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list