Augapfel

[ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Augapfel” is uncommon German (frequency #61,302 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,302
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kugelförmiger, wesentlicher Teil des Auges, der in der Augenhöhle sitzt

Corpus desk

Index DE-augapfel · Augapfel · German

Augapfel · rank #61,302 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,302
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufstehe

Nearest frequency peer: aufstehe (-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 „Augapfel“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Augapfel
PropertyValue
HeadwordAugapfel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#61,302
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Augapfel“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Augapfelfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufstehe“ (#61,301), „Augentropfen“ (#61,303), „Aufsichtsräten“ (#61,300). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Augapfel“ bei #61,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Augapfel is uncommon German at frequency #61,302 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Augapfel, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Augapfel, spelled A-U-G-A-P-F-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    kugelförmiger, wesentlicher Teil des Auges, der in der Augenhöhle sitzt
  2. 2
    das Liebste, was man hat

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Augapfel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ein Gefäß platzte im Augapfel, nur mit einer Notoperation konnte die sofortige Erblindung verhindert werden.“
  2. „Kelley ist mit der seltsamen Ruhelosigkeit, die als Vorzeichen die unsichtbare Nähe des Engels verkündet, auf einen Stapel von Säcken hinaufgeklettert und sitzt dort hoch oben mit gekreuzten Beinen, das Kinn vorgestreckt mit dem spitzigen Bart, den Kopf ins Genick gedrückt und die Augäpfel nach innen gedreht, daß nur noch das Weiße darin glitzert wie mil…

Synonyms

Bulbus oculi

This word in other languages

eyeball(English)niña(Español)globe oculaire(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 "Augapfel"?
"Augapfel" is spelled A-U-G-A-P-F-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩].
What does "Augapfel" mean?
As a noun, "Augapfel" means: kugelförmiger, wesentlicher Teil des Auges, der in der Augenhöhle sitzt
How do you pronounce "Augapfel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Augapfel" is [ˈaʊ̯kˌʔap͡fl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Augapfel" come from?
"Augapfel" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufstehe#61,301Ausflugs#61,306assembly#61,292Ausstand#61,315

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list