aufspulen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌʃpuːlən]
The verdict
“aufspulen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf einen Kern (eine Spule) wickeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufspulen · aufspulen · German
aufspulen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | aufspulen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃpuːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufspulen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufspulen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃpuːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf einen Kern (eine Spule) wickeln".
aufspulen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aufspulen, spelled A-U-F-S-P-U-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf einen Kern (eine Spule) wickeln
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufspulen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man versucht immer, die Garne mit Spannung aufzuspulen.
Zum Frühjahr werde ich wieder neue Angelschnur aufspulen, nicht dass die alte mir noch reißt und mir ein Fang entgeht.
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.