aufzutauchen

[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“aufzutauchen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,660 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,660
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auftauchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-aufzutauchen · aufzutauchen · German

aufzutauchen · rank #52,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,660
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Auftraggebers

Nearest frequency peer: Auftraggebers (-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 „aufzutauchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aufzutauchen
PropertyValue
Headwordaufzutauchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩]
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,660
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „aufzutauchen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Auftraggebers“ (#52,659), „Augenblicks“ (#52,661), „aufhöre“ (#52,658). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „aufzutauchen“ bei #52,660. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aufzutauchen is uncommon German at frequency #52,660 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auftauchen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for aufzutauchen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 aufzutauchen, spelled A-U-F-Z-U-T-A-U-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auftauchen

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 "aufzutauchen"?
"aufzutauchen" is spelled A-U-F-Z-U-T-A-U-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩].
What does "aufzutauchen" mean?
As a verb, "aufzutauchen" means: erweiterter Infinitiv Aktiv des Verbs auftauchen
How do you pronounce "aufzutauchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "aufzutauchen" is [ˈaʊ̯ft͡suˌtaʊ̯xn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "aufzutauchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausgegebenen#52,662altmodischen#52,641alltäglicher#52,639bescheinigte#52,688

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list