auffasst

[ˈaʊ̯fˌfast]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌfast]/ verb

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The verdict

“auffasst” is uncommon German (frequency #86,193 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,193
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffassen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auffasst · auffasst · German

auffasst · rank #86,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,193
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgegebene

Nearest frequency peer: aufgegebene (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „auffasst“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „auffasst“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auffasst
PropertyValue
Headwordauffasst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌfast]
Letters8
Frequency rank#86,193
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auffasst“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.auffasstfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufgegebene“ (#86,194), „aufgelauert“ (#86,195), „aufgepeppt“ (#86,196). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auffasst“ bei #86,193. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auffasst is uncommon German at frequency #86,193 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌfast]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for auffasst in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 auffasst, spelled A-U-F-F-A-S-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffassen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffassen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffassen

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 "auffasst"?
"auffasst" is spelled A-U-F-F-A-S-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfast].
What does "auffasst" mean?
As a verb, "auffasst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs auffassen
How do you pronounce "auffasst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auffasst" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfast]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auffasst" come from?
"auffasst" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auffasst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufgriff#86,197aufläuft#86,198Aprikose#86,179anterior#86,173

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list