aufdrehen
\ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁeːən\
The verdict
“aufdrehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Allumer, ouvrir, mettre en marche avec un mouvement tournant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-aufdrehen · aufdrehen · French
aufdrehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | aufdrehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁeːən\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « aufdrehen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
aufdrehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁeːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for aufdrehen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is aufdrehen, spelled A-U-F-D-R-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Allumer, ouvrir, mettre en marche avec un mouvement tournant.
- 2intransitif Devenir actif, activer le mouvement, passer la vitesse supérieure.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufdrehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die meisten Menschen - etwa 70 Prozent - wollen ihre Heizung (der Umfrage zufolge) seltener aufdrehen.
Das große Umdenken wird wieder einmal erst dann beginnen, wenn wir den Wasserhahn aufdrehen und es herausstaubt. Erst dann wird man überschüssiges Regen- als Nutzwasser wertschätzen, statt es abzuleiten.
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.