aufribbeln
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɪbl̩n]
The verdict
“aufribbeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufräufeln, einen verstrickten Faden wieder zu einem unverstrickten Faden machen, indem man die Maschen löst
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufribbeln · aufribbeln · German
aufribbeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | aufribbeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɪbl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufribbeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufribbeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɪbl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufräufeln, einen verstrickten Faden wieder zu einem unverstrickten Faden machen, indem man die Maschen löst".
aufribbeln has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is aufribbeln, spelled A-U-F-R-I-B-B-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1aufräufeln, einen verstrickten Faden wieder zu einem unverstrickten Faden machen, indem man die Maschen löst
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufribbeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Arm für den Pullover ist zu lang geworden, den musst du wieder aufribbeln.
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.