auf den Geist gehen
[aʊ̯f deːn ɡaɪ̯st ˈɡeːən]
The verdict
“auf den Geist gehen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nerven, stören
Corpus desk
Index DE-auf-den-geist-gehen · auf den Geist gehen · German
auf den Geist gehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auf den Geist gehen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auf den Geist gehen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aʊ̯f deːn ɡaɪ̯st ˈɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how auf den Geist gehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Lied geht mir auf den Geist.
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.