Aufwind
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fvɪnt/
Aufwind is spelled A-U-F-W-I-N-D (7 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,235th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufwind is a German masculine noun meaning “upswing, lift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufsteigende Luftbewegung”.
What does Aufwind mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineupswing, lift
- 2
masculineupdraft (meteorological)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aufsteigende Luftbewegung 2. neuer Schwung, Fortschritt
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 Aufwind
- Aufwindes genitive
- Aufwinds genitive
- Aufwinde plural
- Aufwinden dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufwind?
- /ˈaʊ̯fvɪnt/
- [ˈaʊ̯fvɪnt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufwind
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufwind in German?
Aufwind appears 1.7 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).