Auferstehung
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fɛʁˈʃteːʊŋ/
Auferstehung is spelled A-U-F-E-R-S-T-E-H-U-N-G (12 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written German, the 14,041st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auferstehung is a German feminine noun meaning “resurrection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erneutes Lebendigwerden nach dem Tode”.
What does Auferstehung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineresurrection
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. erneutes Lebendigwerden nach dem Tode
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 Auferstehung
- Auferstehungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auferstehung?
- /ˈaʊ̯fɛʁˈʃteːʊŋ/
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fʔɛʁˈʃteːʊŋ]
- [ˈaʊ̯fʔɛɐ̯ʃteːʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Auferstehung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Auferstehung in German?
Auferstehung appears 4.2 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).