auffliegen
\ˈaʊ̯fˌfliːɡn̩\
The verdict
“auffliegen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être découvert, être démasqué.
Corpus desk
Index FR-auffliegen · auffliegen · French
auffliegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | auffliegen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯fˌfliːɡn̩\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
auffliegen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯fˌfliːɡn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for auffliegen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is auffliegen, spelled A-U-F-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1Être découvert, être démasqué.
- 2S'envoler.
- 3S'ouvrir violemment.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auffliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In ihren Lebenserinnerungen schreibt Margit Pieper-Stückelberger über diese Zeit und ihre Furcht, bei der Gestapo, der sie ohnehin schon als verdächtig gilt, aufzufliegen.
Der Skandal kam Ende Dezember, kurz vor Weihnachten. In Belgien war wieder ein pädophiles Netzwerk aufgeflogen; diesmal waren Mitglieder der Azraëlisten darin verwickelt. Pädophile, eine Sekte, das bevorstehende Weihnachtsfest: die ideale Mischung für ein großes Medientamtam.
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.