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Aufnahme

German, noun

Aufnahme is spelled A-U-F-N-A-H-M-E (8 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written German, the 2,063rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufnahme is a German feminine noun meaning “reception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, aufnähme is a different word: “first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of aufnehmen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Beginnen von etwas”.

What does Aufnahme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininereception

  2. 2

    femininephoto

  3. 3

    femininerecording

  4. 4

    feminineadmission (to a school), acceptance (as a member of club, or organization)

verb

as aufnähme
  1. 1

    first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive II of aufnehmen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. das Beginnen von etwas 2. Empfang, Unterbringung, Beherbergung von Menschen in einem Gebäude 3. Raum für [2] 4. Einführung eines neuen Mitglieds in eine Gruppe, Gemeinschaft

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Aufnahme

  • Aufnahmen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Aufnahme

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Aufnahme in German?

Aufnahme appears 41 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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