auf jeden Fall
[aʊ̯f ˈjeːdn̩ ˈfal]
The verdict
“auf jeden Fall” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unbedingt; mit Sicherheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-auf-jeden-fall · auf jeden Fall · German
auf jeden Fall · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auf jeden Fall |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aʊ̯f ˈjeːdn̩ ˈfal] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auf jeden Fall“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auf jeden Fall is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aʊ̯f ˈjeːdn̩ ˈfal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for auf jeden Fall in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 German form is auf jeden Fall, spelled A-U-F- -J-E-D-E-N- -F-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1unbedingt; mit Sicherheit
- 2bestätigend: Ja!; Richtig!; So ist es.
- 3resümierend: was auch immer sei, …
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auf jeden Fall appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen auf jeden Fall nochmal zusammen Poker spielen.
Du musst auf jeden Fall kommen!
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.