Aufstrich
German, noun[ˈʔaʊ̯fˌʃtʁɪç]
Aufstrich is spelled A-U-F-S-T-R-I-C-H (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufstrich is a German masculine noun meaning “spread (food designed to be spread)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dicker essbarer Belag, der mit einem Messer oder Ähnlichem aufgetragen wird”.
What does Aufstrich mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespread (food designed to be spread)
- 2
masculineup bow
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dicker essbarer Belag, der mit einem Messer oder Ähnlichem aufgetragen wird 2. das Streichen des Geigenbogens über die Saiten von der Spitze zum Frosch (nach links) 3. eine Linie in die obere Richtung beim Schreiben
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 Aufstrich
- Aufstriches genitive
- Aufstrichs genitive
- Aufstriche plural
- Aufstrichen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufstrich?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯fˌʃtʁɪç]
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃtʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Aufstrich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aufstrich in German?
Aufstrich appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).