Aufruf
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːf/
Aufruf is spelled A-U-F-R-U-F (6 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,473rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufruf is a German masculine noun meaning “call to action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “öffentlicher Appell, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen”.
What does Aufruf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecall to action
- 2
masculineroll call
- 3
masculinecall
- 4
masculineplayback (the replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images)
- 5
masculineplay (an instance of watching or listening to digital media)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. öffentlicher Appell, etwas zu tun oder zu unterlassen 2. Aufforderung an eine bestimmte Person oder Personengruppe/Organisation
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aufruf
- Aufrufes genitive
- Aufrufs genitive
- Aufrufe plural
- Aufrufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufruf?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːf/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌʁuːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufruf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufruf in German?
Aufruf appears 13 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).