auflodern
[ˈaʊ̯fˌloːdɐn]
The verdict
“auflodern” 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) - aus fast niedergebrannter Glut wieder eine sichtbare Flamme (Lohe) erschaffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-auflodern · auflodern · German
auflodern · 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 | auflodern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌloːdɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auflodern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auflodern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌloːdɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
auflodern has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is auflodern, spelled A-U-F-L-O-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1aus fast niedergebrannter Glut wieder eine sichtbare Flamme (Lohe) erschaffen
- 2(nach einer Zeit der Ruhe wieder oder plötzlich aus dem Nichts) aktuell werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auflodern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sam warf ein paar trockene Zweige auf die Glut und sah zu, wie das Feuer noch einmal aufloderte.
Die Kämpfe loderten wieder auf, als die Regenzeit vorbei war.
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.