Auflage

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,579

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

16

similar word pairs

Auflage is aGermannoun. It means: besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə]. It ranks #2,579 in German word frequency. Often confused with Aussage and Aufzüge.

Key facts for Auflage
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HeadwordAuflage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,579
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Auflage in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Auflage is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,579 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Auflage, with forms such as "afulage", "aufalge", and "aufflage". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Aussage", "Aufzüge", "Auflauf", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Auflage, spelled A-U-F-L-A-G-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten
  2. 2
    besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten
  3. 3
    besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten
  4. 4
    besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten
  5. 5
    Gesamtzahl der gleichzeitig hergestellten Vervielfältigungsstücke, wie Bücher, Zeitungen oder Zeitschriften
  6. 6
    Relief als ornamentale oder figürliche Verzierung, welche mit einer Matrize einer Gefäßform aufgedrückt wird
  7. 7
    Überzug aus bestimmtem Material; Bedeckung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: afulage,aufalge,aufflage,auflaeg,auflagge,auflgae,aufllage,aulfage,uaflage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Auflage

Misspelling Variants of "Auflage"

afulage7aufalge7aufflage8auflaeg7auflagge8auflgae7aufllage8aulfage7
Misspelling Variants of "Auflage"

Frequency rank: #2,579 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Auflage"?
"Auflage" is spelled A-U-F-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə].
What does "Auflage" mean?
As a noun, "Auflage" means: besondere Bedingung, die jemand erfüllen muss, um die Erlaubnis für etwas anderes zu erhalten
What words are commonly confused with "Auflage"?
"Auflage" is commonly confused with "Aussage", "Aufzüge", "Auflauf". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Auflage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auflage" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌlaːɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Auflage" come from?
"Auflage" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.