hinaufwerfen
[hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌvɛʁfn̩]
The verdict
“hinaufwerfen” 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) - von (hier) unten nach (dort) oben werfen (vom Sprechenden weg)
Corpus desk
Index DE-hinaufwerfen · hinaufwerfen · German
hinaufwerfen · 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 | hinaufwerfen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌvɛʁfn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hinaufwerfen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hinaufwerfen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɪˈnaʊ̯fˌvɛʁfn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von (hier) unten nach (dort) oben werfen (vom Sprechenden weg)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for hinaufwerfen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 hinaufwerfen, spelled H-I-N-A-U-F-W-E-R-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1von (hier) unten nach (dort) oben werfen (vom Sprechenden weg)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hinaufwerfen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nachdem er seinen Basketball versehentlich auf das Garagendach hinaufgeworfen hatte, machte er sich ernsthafte Gedanken darüber, wie er ihn von dort wieder herunterbekommen sollte.
Antonyms
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.