Auftragsmörder

[ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ]

/[ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Auftragsmörder” is an uncommon German word, ranked #95,288 in German word frequency and used as a noun.

#95,288
frequency rank, German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Person, die einen Menschen für eine Gegenleistung ermordet

Key facts for Auftragsmörder
PropertyValue
HeadwordAuftragsmörder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ]
Letters14
Frequency rank#95,288
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Auftragsmörder” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Auftragsmörder lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Auftragsmörder is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,288 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Person, die einen Menschen für eine Gegenleistung ermordet".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Auftragsmörder in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Auftragsmörder, spelled A-U-F-T-R-A-G-S-M-Ö-R-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person, die einen Menschen für eine Gegenleistung ermordet

Synonyms

AuftragskillerKillerLohnkiller

This word in other languages

hitman(English)sicario(Español)tueur à gages(Français)

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 "Auftragsmörder"?
"Auftragsmörder" is spelled A-U-F-T-R-A-G-S-M-Ö-R-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ].
What does "Auftragsmörder" mean?
As a noun, "Auftragsmörder" means: Person, die einen Menschen für eine Gegenleistung ermordet
How do you pronounce "Auftragsmörder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auftragsmörder" is [ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Auftragsmörder" come from?
"Auftragsmörder" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “Auftragsmörder”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is A-U-F-T-R-A-G-S-M-Ö-R-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈaʊ̯ftʁaːksˌmœʁdɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list