aufwärtsfahren
[ˈaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡sˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“aufwärtsfahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach oben, an einen höher gelegenen Ort – in die Höhe (aufwärts) –, fahren
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufwartsfahren · aufwärtsfahren · German
aufwärtsfahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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 | aufwärtsfahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡sˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufwärtsfahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufwärtsfahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡sˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach oben, an einen höher gelegenen Ort – in die Höhe (aufwärts) –, fahren".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for aufwärtsfahren, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 aufwärtsfahren, spelled A-U-F-W-Ä-R-T-S-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach oben, an einen höher gelegenen Ort – in die Höhe (aufwärts) –, fahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufwärtsfahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Aufzug, mit dem man in meinem Haus aufwärtsfahren kann, ist defekt.
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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.