emporschießen
[ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌʃiːsn̩]
The verdict
“emporschießen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich unvermutet, plötzlich nach oben bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-emporschie-en · emporschießen · German
emporschießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | emporschießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌʃiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „emporschießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
emporschießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛmˈpoːɐ̯ˌʃiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
emporschießen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 emporschießen, spelled E-M-P-O-R-S-C-H-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich unvermutet, plötzlich nach oben bewegen
- 2schnell wachsen; schnell zum Vorschein gelangen
- 3unerwartet, plötzlich an Bedeutung gewinnen, anzahlmäßig wachsen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how emporschießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Durchbruch erlebte die Erdölförderung am 21. Juli 1881: Mit dem Turm „Mohr 3“ stieß man bei 37,5 Metern und 66 Metern auf eine Sandsteinschicht, aus der Erdöl emporschoss.
Zudem flehte sie um Wasser und stach mit ihrem Stab in den Boden, worauf an dieser Stelle ein Wasserstrahl emporschoss.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.