Aufkauf
[ˈaʊ̯fˌkaʊ̯f]
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
- Aufgabenver…
Aufgabenverteilung
16,320 corpus weight
- aufgebrummt
aufgebrummt
16,319 corpus weight
- aufgefundene
aufgefundene
16,318 corpus weight
- Aufkauf
Aufkauf
16,317 corpus weight
- aufmache
aufmache
16,316 corpus weight
- aufpeppen
aufpeppen
16,315 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Aufkauf“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Aufkauf“ im Deutschen
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
- 1der entgeltliche Erwerb einer großen/der gesamten Menge von bestimmten Gegenständen
- 2die Übernahme einer Firma
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Aufkauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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