aufopfern

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#98,129

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

aufopfern is aGermanverb. It means: beschwerliche Dinge freiwillig tun, um jemandem oder etwas zu dienen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn].

Key facts for aufopfern
PropertyValue
Headwordaufopfern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,129
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for aufopfern is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,129 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for aufopfern in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 aufopfern, spelled A-U-F-O-P-F-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    beschwerliche Dinge freiwillig tun, um jemandem oder etwas zu dienen
  2. 2
    etwas ohne adäquate Gegenleistung weggeben, um jemandem oder etwas zu dienen

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #98,129 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufopfern"?
"aufopfern" is spelled A-U-F-O-P-F-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn].
What does "aufopfern" mean?
As a verb, "aufopfern" means: beschwerliche Dinge freiwillig tun, um jemandem oder etwas zu dienen
How do you pronounce "aufopfern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufopfern" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌʔɔp͡fɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufopfern" come from?
"aufopfern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.