Auffassung
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ/
Auffassung is spelled A-U-F-F-A-S-S-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auffassung is a German feminine noun meaning “notion, conception, view” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “persönliche Bewertung einer Sache, Person oder eines Sachverhaltes; Art und Weise, wie jemand etwas versteht”.
What does Auffassung mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenotion, conception, view
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. persönliche Bewertung einer Sache, Person oder eines Sachverhaltes; Art und Weise, wie jemand etwas versteht 2. Auffassungsgabe; die Fähigkeit etwas zu begreifen, zu erkennen
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 Auffassung
- Auffassungen plural
- Auff. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auffassung?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌfasʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Auffassung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Auffassung in German?
Auffassung appears 15 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).