auf eigene Faust
[aʊ̯f ˌʔaɪ̯ɡənə ˈfaʊ̯st]
The verdict
“auf eigene Faust” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aus eigenem Antrieb, durch eigene Tatkraft, ohne fremde Hilfe; auf eigene Verantwortung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auf eigene Faust |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aʊ̯f ˌʔaɪ̯ɡənə ˈfaʊ̯st] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auf eigene Faust” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for auf eigene Faust is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯f ˌʔaɪ̯ɡənə ˈfaʊ̯st]. 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: "aus eigenem Antrieb, durch eigene Tatkraft, ohne fremde Hilfe; auf eigene Verantwortung".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for auf eigene Faust, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is auf eigene Faust, spelled A-U-F- -E-I-G-E-N-E- -F-A-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1aus eigenem Antrieb, durch eigene Tatkraft, ohne fremde Hilfe; auf eigene Verantwortung
This word in other languages
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 eigene Faust”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F- -E-I-G-E-N-E- -F-A-U-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aʊ̯f ˌʔaɪ̯ɡənə ˈfaʊ̯st] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.