Auflieger
[ˈaʊ̯fˌliːɡɐ]
The verdict
“Auflieger” is uncommon German (frequency #82,517 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,517
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sattelauflieger, LKW-Anhänger ohne Vorderachse
Corpus desk
Index DE-auflieger · Auflieger · German
Auflieger · rank #82,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,517
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aufkündigung
Nearest frequency peer: Aufkündigung (-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 „Auflieger“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aufdrängt
aufdrängt
17,487 corpus weight
- aufgeblasene
aufgeblasene
17,486 corpus weight
- Aufkündigung
Aufkündigung
17,485 corpus weight
- Auflieger
Auflieger
17,484 corpus weight
- aufrütteln
aufrütteln
17,483 corpus weight
- ausbreitend…
ausbreitenden
17,482 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Auflieger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auflieger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌliːɡɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #82,517 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Auflieger“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Auflieger is uncommon German at frequency #82,517 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌliːɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Auflieger in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Auflieger, spelled A-U-F-L-I-E-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Sattelauflieger, LKW-Anhänger ohne Vorderachse
- 2Schiff, das vorübergehend außer Dienst gestellt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auflieger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Damit sollte laut Polizei verhindert werden, dass der Auflieger durch Schwingungen der Brücke instabil werden und doch noch hinunterfallen könnte.“
„Die verschiedenen so genannten Auflieger haben in unterschiedlichen Bereichen des Hafens festgemacht.“
Synonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).