aufrauen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaʊ̯ən]
The verdict
“aufrauen” 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) - einer Oberfläche, einem Gewebe oder Ähnlichem kleine Unebenheiten beibringen, so dass es nicht mehr glatt, sondern rau ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufrauen · aufrauen · German
aufrauen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | aufrauen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaʊ̯ən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufrauen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufrauen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁaʊ̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einer Oberfläche, einem Gewebe oder Ähnlichem kleine Unebenheiten beibringen, so dass es nicht mehr glatt, sondern rau ist".
No generated misspelling entries exist for aufrauen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is aufrauen, spelled A-U-F-R-A-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1einer Oberfläche, einem Gewebe oder Ähnlichem kleine Unebenheiten beibringen, so dass es nicht mehr glatt, sondern rau ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufrauen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Weil die Bremsen aus einem Kunststoffgemisch das Rad weniger aufrauen als herkömmliche aus Grauguss, laufen die Wagen leiser auf den Gleisen.“
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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.