auf der Hut sein

/[aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n]/ phrase

Letters

16 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

auf der Hut sein is aGermanphrase. It means: für seine eigene oder anderer Sicherheit Sorge tragen, Vorsicht walten lassen Pronounced [aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n].

Key facts for auf der Hut sein
PropertyValue
Headwordauf der Hut sein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n]
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

auf der Hut sein is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for auf der Hut sein is 16 letters long, classified as aphrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n]. 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: "für seine eigene oder anderer Sicherheit Sorge tragen, Vorsicht walten lassen".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for auf der Hut sein in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is auf der Hut sein, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-R- -H-U-T- -S-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    für seine eigene oder anderer Sicherheit Sorge tragen, Vorsicht walten lassen

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auf der Hut sein"?
"auf der Hut sein" is spelled A-U-F- -D-E-R- -H-U-T- -S-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n].
What does "auf der Hut sein" mean?
As a phrase, "auf der Hut sein" means: für seine eigene oder anderer Sicherheit Sorge tragen, Vorsicht walten lassen
How do you pronounce "auf der Hut sein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auf der Hut sein" is [aʊ̯f deːɐ̯ ˈhuːt zaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auf der Hut sein" come from?
"auf der Hut sein" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.