aufsuchte

[ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə]

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə]/ verb

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The verdict

“aufsuchte” is uncommon German (frequency #73,257 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,257
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufsuchte · aufsuchte · German

aufsuchte · rank #73,257 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,257
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auftragsarbei…

Nearest frequency peer: Auftragsarbeiten (+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 „aufsuchte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aufsuchte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufsuchte
PropertyValue
Headwordaufsuchte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,257
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufsuchte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).aufsuchtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Auftragsarbeiten“ (#73,258), „aufräumt“ (#73,255), „Augenschmaus“ (#73,259). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufsuchte“ bei #73,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufsuchte is uncommon German at frequency #73,257 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

aufsuchte has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is aufsuchte, spelled A-U-F-S-U-C-H-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "aufsuchte"?
"aufsuchte" is spelled A-U-F-S-U-C-H-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə].
What does "aufsuchte" mean?
As a verb, "aufsuchte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs aufsuchen
How do you pronounce "aufsuchte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufsuchte" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌzuːxtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aufsuchte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Aufmacher#73,253aufgeilen#73,250ausmerzen#73,266Apollonia#73,241

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list