aufsagen
[ˈaʊ̯fˌzaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“aufsagen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,339 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,339
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas auswendig rezitieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-aufsagen · aufsagen · German
aufsagen · rank #54,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,339
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH aufhebt
Nearest frequency peer: aufhebt (-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 „aufsagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- auffressen
auffressen
45,665 corpus weight
- aufgefrischt
aufgefrischt
45,664 corpus weight
- aufhebt
aufhebt
45,663 corpus weight
- aufsagen
aufsagen
45,662 corpus weight
- Auftrages
Auftrages
45,661 corpus weight
- auftun
auftun
45,660 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufsagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aufsagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯fˌzaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aufsagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aufsagen is uncommon German at frequency #54,339 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌzaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
aufsagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is aufsagen, spelled A-U-F-S-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas auswendig rezitieren
- 2etwas unilateral beenden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aufsagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unter dem Weihnachtsbaum musste bei uns vor der Bescherung jedes Kind ein Gedicht aufsagen.
Er hat ihm die Freundschaft ein für allemal aufgesagt.
Synonyms
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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