heraufgehen
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯fˌɡeːən]
The verdict
“heraufgehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich zu Fuß von dort unten nach hier oben bewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-heraufgehen · heraufgehen · German
heraufgehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | heraufgehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaʊ̯fˌɡeːən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heraufgehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heraufgehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaʊ̯fˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for heraufgehen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is heraufgehen, spelled H-E-R-A-U-F-G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich zu Fuß von dort unten nach hier oben bewegen
- 2ansteigen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how heraufgehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er war über den Hinteraufgang heraufgegangen.
Der Wert war von 70 auf 75 heraufgegangen.
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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.