Aufsicht
German, noun[ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]
Aufsicht is spelled A-U-F-S-I-C-H-T (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufsicht is a German feminine noun meaning “supervision, oversight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Beobachtung, Kontrolle, Überwachung von etwas”.
What does Aufsicht mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesupervision, oversight
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Beobachtung, Kontrolle, Überwachung von etwas 2. Person, die [1] wahrnimmt 3. Darstellung, bei der ein Gegenstand von oben wiedergegeben wird
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 Aufsicht
- Aufsichten plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufsicht?
- [ˈaʊ̯fzɪçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufsicht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufsicht in German?
Aufsicht appears 8.7 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).