heraufbeschwören
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯fbəˌʃvøːʁən]
The verdict
“heraufbeschwören” is uncommon German (frequency #69,348 among 3,372 “H” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,348
- frequency rank, German
- 3,372
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Unheilvolles herbeiführen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heraufbeschworen · heraufbeschwören · German
heraufbeschwören · rank #69,348 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,348
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,372
- PHOTO-FINISH herabsetzen
Nearest frequency peer: herabsetzen (-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 „heraufbeschwören“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- hellgelb
hellgelb
30,656 corpus weight
- hemmungslos…
hemmungslosen
30,655 corpus weight
- herabsetzen
herabsetzen
30,654 corpus weight
- heraufbesch…
heraufbeschwören
30,653 corpus weight
- hergehen
hergehen
30,652 corpus weight
- herrühren
herrühren
30,651 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „heraufbeschwören“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | heraufbeschwören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaʊ̯fbəˌʃvøːʁən] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Frequency rank | #69,348 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heraufbeschwören“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heraufbeschwören is uncommon German at frequency #69,348 among 3,372 “H” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaʊ̯fbəˌʃvøːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
heraufbeschwören 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is heraufbeschwören, spelled H-E-R-A-U-F-B-E-S-C-H-W-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Unheilvolles herbeiführen
- 2an Unangenehmes erinnern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heraufbeschwören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Reaktorkatastrophe sei ein desaströser Anlass, »doch zugleich auch eine Chance, von einem Pfad abzukommen, der Kollaps, Katastrophen und Kriege heraufbeschwört«, sagt er.“
„Dies versucht man, indem man etwas - in diesem Fall Gras - über etwas deckt, das sonst einem Betrachter sogleich auffallen und in ihm eine unerwünschte Erinnerung heraufbeschwören würde.“
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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