aufschrauben
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]
The verdict
“aufschrauben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen zugeschraubten Gegenstand öffnen, etwas schraubend aufmachen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufschrauben · aufschrauben · German
aufschrauben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | aufschrauben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufschrauben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufschrauben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃʁaʊ̯bn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for aufschrauben in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 aufschrauben, spelled A-U-F-S-C-H-R-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen zugeschraubten Gegenstand öffnen, etwas schraubend aufmachen
- 2einen Gegenstand durch Schrauben befestigen, etwas schraubend anbringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufschrauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kannst du mir helfen, den PC aufzuschrauben?
„Neben ihm lag seine Neuerwerbung - die Glock 17, mit aufgeschraubtem Schalldämpfer.“
Antonyms
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.