auffressen

[ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“auffressen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,336 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,336
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - komplett verzehren (ohne Reste übrig zu lassen)

Corpus desk

Index DE-auffressen · auffressen · German

auffressen · rank #54,336 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,336
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Aufforstung

Nearest frequency peer: Aufforstung (-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 „auffressen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auffressen
PropertyValue
Headwordauffressen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,336
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auffressen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).auffressenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Aufforstung“ (#54,335), „aufgefrischt“ (#54,337), „Attersee“ (#54,334). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auffressen“ bei #54,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auffressen is uncommon German at frequency #54,336 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "komplett verzehren (ohne Reste übrig zu lassen)".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for auffressen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 auffressen, spelled A-U-F-F-R-E-S-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    komplett verzehren (ohne Reste übrig zu lassen)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how auffressen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Stute Julia hat das komplette Gras aufgefressen.
  2. Gerade frisst die Katze Maus auf.

Synonyms

aufessenauffuttern

This word in other languages

eat up(English)comer(Español)manger(Français)

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 "auffressen"?
"auffressen" is spelled A-U-F-F-R-E-S-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩].
What does "auffressen" mean?
As a verb, "auffressen" means: komplett verzehren (ohne Reste übrig zu lassen)
How do you pronounce "auffressen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auffressen" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌfʁɛsn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auffressen" come from?
"auffressen" 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 "auffressen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ausgleichs#54,347ausspannen#54,349ansteigend#54,317Bangladesh#54,356

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list