hinauffahren
[hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌfaːʁən]
The verdict
“hinauffahren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach oben fahren, sich fahrend hinaufbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinauffahren · hinauffahren · German
hinauffahren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | hinauffahren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌfaːʁən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinauffahren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinauffahren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌfaːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hinauffahren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is hinauffahren, spelled H-I-N-A-U-F-F-A-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach oben fahren, sich fahrend hinaufbewegen
- 2etwas nach oben fahren, nach oben transportieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hinauffahren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der öffentliche Pier war eigentlich die einzige Stelle, so hatte Courts Google-Suche ergeben, um hier irgendwo an Land zu gehen, allerdings wusste er ja nicht, wie groß ihr Boot gewesen war, ob sie damit einfach einen kleinen Sandstrand hinaufgefahren waren oder ob sie irgendwo vor der Küste geankert hatten.“
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.