Aufschub
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fˌʃuːp/
Aufschub is spelled A-U-F-S-C-H-U-B (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufschub is a German masculine noun meaning “delay, postponement, respite (the act of carrying something out later than originally intended)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gewährung einer längeren Frist, als ursprünglich vorgesehen”.
What does Aufschub mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedelay, postponement, respite (the act of carrying something out later than originally intended)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gewährung einer längeren Frist, als ursprünglich vorgesehen
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 Aufschub
- Aufschubes genitive
- Aufschubs genitive
- Aufschübe plural
- Aufschube dative singular
- Aufschüben dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufschub?
- /ˈaʊ̯fˌʃuːp/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃuːp]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufschub
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufschub in German?
Aufschub appears 1.6 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).