aufhöre

[ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə]/ verb

The verdict

“aufhöre” is uncommon German (frequency #52,658 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,658
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufhören

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufhore · aufhöre · German

aufhöre · rank #52,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,658
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgelöste

Nearest frequency peer: aufgelöste (-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 „aufhöre“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufhöre
PropertyValue
Headwordaufhöre
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,658
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufhöre“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).aufhörefällt 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: „aufgelöste“ (#52,657), „Auftraggebers“ (#52,659), „aufgehenden“ (#52,656). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufhöre“ bei #52,658. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufhöre is uncommon German at frequency #52,658 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

aufhöre doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aufhöre, spelled A-U-F-H-Ö-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufhören
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufhören
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufhören

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 "aufhöre"?
"aufhöre" is spelled A-U-F-H-Ö-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə].
What does "aufhöre" mean?
As a verb, "aufhöre" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufhören
How do you pronounce "aufhöre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufhöre" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌhøːʁə]. 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 "aufhöre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list