emporheben
[ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩]
The verdict
“emporheben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in die Höhe/eine höher gelegene Position heben; auszeichnen, wertschätzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-emporheben · emporheben · German
emporheben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | emporheben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „emporheben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
emporheben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌheːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in die Höhe/eine höher gelegene Position heben; auszeichnen, wertschätzen".
emporheben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 emporheben, spelled E-M-P-O-R-H-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1in die Höhe/eine höher gelegene Position heben; auszeichnen, wertschätzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emporheben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich hob empor die Hände mein.“
„Gott ist immer mitten drin und dabei – von der ‚Wiege bis zur Bahre‘, von der Krippe bis zum Kreuz, vom Himmel bis zur Unterwelt, um den Menschen in seine Arme zu nehmen und emporzuheben.“
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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.