Aufenthalt
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯f.ʔɛntˌhalt/
Aufenthalt is spelled A-U-F-E-N-T-H-A-L-T (10 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,427th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufenthalt is a German masculine noun meaning “stay; residence; presence (the state of being in a place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Anwesendsein, das Verweilen”.
What does Aufenthalt mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestay; residence; presence (the state of being in a place)
- 2
masculinesojourn; stop (a short stay)
- 3
masculineresidence (a place where one lives or stays)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Anwesendsein, das Verweilen 2. Ort, an dem man sich aufhält 3. Halt 4. Abwarten, Verzögerung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aufenthalt
- Aufenthaltes genitive
- Aufenthalts genitive
- Aufenthalte plural
- Aufenthalten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufenthalt?
- /ˈaʊ̯f.ʔɛntˌhalt/
- /ˈaʊ̯.fəntˌhalt/
- [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛnthalt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufenthalt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufenthalt in German?
Aufenthalt appears 17 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).