aufpumpen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌpʊmpn̩]
The verdict
“aufpumpen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,423 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,423
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas mit Luft füllen; einen Reifen mit Luft füllen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufpumpen · aufpumpen · German
aufpumpen · rank #87,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,423
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Auflehnung
Nearest frequency peer: Auflehnung (-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 „aufpumpen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aufgehobenen
aufgehobenen
12,581 corpus weight
- Aufhellung
Aufhellung
12,580 corpus weight
- Auflehnung
Auflehnung
12,579 corpus weight
- aufpumpen
aufpumpen
12,578 corpus weight
- Aufwandes
Aufwandes
12,577 corpus weight
- Augenklappe
Augenklappe
12,576 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufpumpen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufpumpen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌpʊmpn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufpumpen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufpumpen is uncommon German at frequency #87,423 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌpʊmpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aufpumpen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 aufpumpen, spelled A-U-F-P-U-M-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas mit Luft füllen; einen Reifen mit Luft füllen
- 2sich wichtigtun; sich ereifern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufpumpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Lily Ann beobachtete, wie Reily das Rad in die Einfahrt schob, die Reifen aufpumpte und den Sitz abwischte.“
„Sie kam Montagmorgen aus dem Haus, nur um zu sehen, wie er ihre Autoreifen aufpumpte, weil er behauptete: ‚Die Reifen auf der Beifahrerseite hatten zu wenig Luft.‘“
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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