auferlegen

[ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“auferlegen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,571 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#58,571
frequency rank, German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - als Aufgabe/Last/Buße zuweisen

Key facts for auferlegen
PropertyValue
Headwordauferlegen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#58,571
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “auferlegen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). auferlegen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for auferlegen is 10 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,571 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "als Aufgabe/Last/Buße zuweisen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for auferlegen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is auferlegen, spelled A-U-F-E-R-L-E-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    als Aufgabe/Last/Buße zuweisen

Antonyms

entlasten

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auferlegen"?
"auferlegen" is spelled A-U-F-E-R-L-E-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩].
What does "auferlegen" mean?
As a verb, "auferlegen" means: als Aufgabe/Last/Buße zuweisen
How do you pronounce "auferlegen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auferlegen" is [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auferlegen" come from?
"auferlegen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “auferlegen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-E-R-L-E-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ˌleːɡn̩] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list