aufklaren
[ˈaʊ̯fˌklaːʁən]
The verdict
“aufklaren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (einen Raum, eine Werkstatt und Ähnliches) aufräumen, ordnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufklaren · aufklaren · German
aufklaren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufklaren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌklaːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufklaren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufklaren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌklaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aufklaren, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 aufklaren, spelled A-U-F-K-L-A-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1(einen Raum, eine Werkstatt und Ähnliches) aufräumen, ordnen
- 2hell, freundlich werden; (von Sturm; Nebel, Gischt und Ähnlichem) sich auflösen
- 3das Bewusstsein nach Ohnmacht wiedererlangen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufklaren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich will grad noch die Kombüse aufklaren.
Sobald es aufklart, lichten wir Anker.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.