aufräumen

\ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\

/\ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\/ verb

The verdict

“aufräumen” 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) - Ranger, avec le sens de faire du rangement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-aufraumen · aufräumen · French

aufräumen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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.

Key facts for aufräumen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufräumen
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « aufräumen » en français

aufräumenn'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufräumen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aufräumen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 aufräumen, spelled A-U-F-R-Ä-U-M-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ranger, avec le sens de faire du rangement.
  2. 2
    Nettoyer, faire disparaître des indésirables ou des défaillances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how aufräumen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Als Nina einzog, änderte sich das. Plötzlich war es viel chaotischer. Ihre Umzugskisten lagen wochenlang bei uns in der Wohnung rum. Wenn ich sie fragte, wann sie sie aufräumen will, erwiderte sie immer: Morgen.
  2. Als Bürgermeister stand (Rudy Giuliani) zwischen 1994 und 2001 im Ruf, die Stadt aufgeräumt und in ihrem schlimmsten Moment beherzt angeführt zu haben.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufräumen"?
"aufräumen" is spelled A-U-F-R-Ä-U-M-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\.
What does "aufräumen" mean?
As a verb, "aufräumen" means: Ranger, avec le sens de faire du rangement.
How do you pronounce "aufräumen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufräumen" is \ˈaʊ̯fˌʁɔɪ̯mən\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufräumen" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list