aufraffen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʁafn̩]
The verdict
“aufraffen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,486 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,486
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verschiedenes hastig aufheben, zusammenholen, an sich nehmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufraffen · aufraffen · German
aufraffen · rank #53,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,486
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH auflöste
Nearest frequency peer: auflöste (-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 „aufraffen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Atomstrom
Atomstrom
46,518 corpus weight
- aufbegehren
aufbegehren
46,517 corpus weight
- auflöste
auflöste
46,516 corpus weight
- aufraffen
aufraffen
46,515 corpus weight
- aufrichtigen
aufrichtigen
46,514 corpus weight
- aufsetzt
aufsetzt
46,513 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufraffen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufraffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁafn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #53,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufraffen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufraffen is uncommon German at frequency #53,486 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁafn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
aufraffen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufraffen, spelled A-U-F-R-A-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1Verschiedenes hastig aufheben, zusammenholen, an sich nehmen
- 2sich unter Mühen erheben, wieder aufstehen
- 3sich endlich mit großer Willensanstrengung überwinden, etwas zu tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufraffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Da Michaels Freundin überraschend zu Besuch kam, raffte er in ein paar Sekunden die ganze Dreckwäsche im Schlafzimmer auf und versteckte sie erst mal im Kleiderschrank.
Jens möchte gerne noch ein Bier, kann sich aber nicht vom Sofa aufraffen.
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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