auf den Geist gehen
[aʊ̯f deːn ɡaɪ̯st ˈɡeːən]
The verdict
“auf den Geist gehen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nerven, stören
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auf den Geist gehen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aʊ̯f deːn ɡaɪ̯st ˈɡeːən] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auf den Geist gehen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for auf den Geist gehen is 19 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯f deːn ɡaɪ̯st ˈɡeːən]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nerven, stören".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for auf den Geist gehen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is auf den Geist gehen, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-N- -G-E-I-S-T- -G-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1nerven, stören
Synonyms
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.
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Using “auf den Geist gehen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F- -D-E-N- -G-E-I-S-T- -G-E-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.