Aufkauf

[ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]/ noun

The verdict

“Aufkauf” is uncommon German (frequency #83,684 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,684
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufkauf · Aufkauf · German

Aufkauf · rank #83,684 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,684
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufgefundene

Nearest frequency peer: aufgefundene (-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 „Aufkauf“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Aufkauf
PropertyValue
HeadwordAufkauf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,684
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Aufkauf“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufgefundene“ (#83,683), „aufmache“ (#83,685), „aufgebrummt“ (#83,682). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Aufkauf“ bei #83,684. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Aufkauf is uncommon German at frequency #83,684 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Aufkauf, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Aufkauf, spelled A-U-F-K-A-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen
  2. 2
    die Übernahme einer Firma

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Der Aufkauf aller noch vorhandenen Waren kostet eine Menge Geld.

This word in other languages

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 "Aufkauf"?
"Aufkauf" is spelled A-U-F-K-A-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f].
What does "Aufkauf" mean?
As a noun, "Aufkauf" means: der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen
How do you pronounce "Aufkauf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Aufkauf" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Aufkauf" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list