aufklappen

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#88,659

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

aufklappen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas auseinanderklappen und damit öffnen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩].

Key facts for aufklappen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufklappen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#88,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of aufklappen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aufklappen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #88,659 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for aufklappen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is aufklappen, spelled A-U-F-K-L-A-P-P-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas auseinanderklappen und damit öffnen
  2. 2
    etwas einseitig Befestigtes auf der losen Seite hochziehen/wegziehen
  3. 3
    sich durch Auseinanderfallen, Lösen des Verschlussmechanismus öffnen

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Frequency rank: #88,659 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufklappen"?
"aufklappen" is spelled A-U-F-K-L-A-P-P-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩].
What does "aufklappen" mean?
As a verb, "aufklappen" means: etwas auseinanderklappen und damit öffnen
How do you pronounce "aufklappen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufklappen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌklapn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufklappen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.