aufragen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“aufragen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich in die Höhe erstrecken
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufragen · aufragen · German
aufragen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | aufragen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufragen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufragen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich in die Höhe erstrecken".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aufragen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 aufragen, spelled A-U-F-R-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich in die Höhe erstrecken
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufragen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auf eben dieser Bank, ein Bild des Behagens, saß der alte Stechlin in Joppe und breitkrempigem Filzhut und sah, während er aus seinem Meerschaum allerlei Ringe blies, auf ein Rundell, in dessen Mitte, von Blumen eingefaßt, eine kleine Fontäne plätscherte. Rechts daneben lief ein sogenannter Poetensteig, an dessen Ausgang ein ziemlich hoher, aus allerlei…
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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.