Aufkauf
[ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“Aufkauf” is uncommon German (frequency #83,684 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,684
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Aufkauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #83,684 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Aufkauf” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Aufkauf is uncommon German at frequency #83,684 among 113,935 “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
- 1der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen
- 2die Übernahme einer Firma
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.
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Using “Aufkauf”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-K-A-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.