aufwiegen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌviːɡn̩]
The verdict
“aufwiegen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,016 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,016
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Ausgleich für etwas darstellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufwiegen · aufwiegen · German
aufwiegen · rank #68,016 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,016
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Aufstrich
Nearest frequency peer: Aufstrich (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „aufwiegen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- aufkleben
aufkleben
31,988 corpus weight
- Aufrufs
Aufrufs
31,987 corpus weight
- Aufstrich
Aufstrich
31,986 corpus weight
- aufwiegen
aufwiegen
31,985 corpus weight
- aufzustocken
aufzustocken
31,983 corpus weight
- augusts
augusts
31,982 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufwiegen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufwiegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌviːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,016 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufwiegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufwiegen is uncommon German at frequency #68,016 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌviːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Ausgleich für etwas darstellen".
aufwiegen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is aufwiegen, spelled A-U-F-W-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Ausgleich für etwas darstellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aufwiegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieser fantastische Sonnenuntergang, den wir hier erleben dürfen, wiegt all die Mühen auf, die wir hatten, um hier hochzuklettern.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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