aufzufassen

[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩]/ verb

The verdict

“aufzufassen” is uncommon German (frequency #66,994 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,994
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auffassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufzufassen · aufzufassen · German

aufzufassen · rank #66,994 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,994
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufzieht

Nearest frequency peer: aufzieht (-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 „aufzufassen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufzufassen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufzufassen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufzufassen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#66,994
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufzufassen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).aufzufassenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufzieht“ (#66,993), „aufzumuntern“ (#66,995), „aufrichtiger“ (#66,992). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufzufassen“ bei #66,994. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufzufassen is uncommon German at frequency #66,994 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auffassen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for aufzufassen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 aufzufassen, spelled A-U-F-Z-U-F-A-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auffassen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufzufassen"?
"aufzufassen" is spelled A-U-F-Z-U-F-A-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩].
What does "aufzufassen" mean?
As a verb, "aufzufassen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auffassen
How do you pronounce "aufzufassen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufzufassen" is [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌfasn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufzufassen" come from?
"aufzufassen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufzufassen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list