auflehnen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən]/ verb

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The verdict

“auflehnen” is uncommon German (frequency #76,513 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,513
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gegen etwas oder jemanden Widerstand leisten

Corpus desk

Index DE-auflehnen · auflehnen · German

auflehnen · rank #76,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,513
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgesogen

Nearest frequency peer: aufgesogen (-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 „auflehnen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auflehnen
PropertyValue
Headwordauflehnen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auflehnen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).auflehnenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufgesogen“ (#76,512), „auflief“ (#76,514), „aufgerissenen“ (#76,511). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auflehnen“ bei #76,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auflehnen is uncommon German at frequency #76,513 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for auflehnen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is auflehnen, spelled A-U-F-L-E-H-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegen etwas oder jemanden Widerstand leisten
  2. 2
    (die Arme) auf etwas stützen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Sklaven lehnten sich gegen ihren herrischen Besitzer auf.
  2. Die Kinder dürfen bei Tisch nicht die Arme auflehnen.

This word in other languages

rebel(English)rebeller(Français)

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 "auflehnen"?
"auflehnen" is spelled A-U-F-L-E-H-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən].
What does "auflehnen" mean?
As a verb, "auflehnen" means: gegen etwas oder jemanden Widerstand leisten
How do you pronounce "auflehnen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auflehnen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌleːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auflehnen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

asozialer#76,507Aushängen#76,526Automarke#76,532awakening#76,534

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list