Aufseher
German, noun/ˈʔaʊ̯fzeːɐ/
Aufseher is spelled A-U-F-S-E-H-E-R (8 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufseher is a German masculine noun meaning “A supervisor, person overseeing (the work of) others, taskmaster, foreman, warden, custodian, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand, der Dinge bewacht oder Vorgänge überwacht”.
What does Aufseher mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineA supervisor, person overseeing (the work of) others, taskmaster, foreman, warden, custodian, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. jemand, der Dinge bewacht oder Vorgänge überwacht 2. jemand, der Personen (meist: unter Zwang gehaltene Personen) beaufsichtigt
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 Aufseher
- Aufsehers genitive
- Aufseherin feminine
- Aufsehern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufseher?
- Germany /ˈʔaʊ̯fzeːɐ/
- Austria /ˈaɔ̯fseːɐ/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌzeːɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufseher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufseher in German?
Aufseher appears 2.1 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).