Auge um Auge
[ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Auge um Auge” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein zugefügter Schaden muss in gleichem Maße beglichen werden
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Auge um Auge |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Auge um Auge” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Auge um Auge is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein zugefügter Schaden muss in gleichem Maße beglichen werden".
Auge um Auge has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Auge um Auge, spelled A-U-G-E- -U-M- -A-U-G-E.
Definition
- 1ein zugefügter Schaden muss in gleichem Maße beglichen werden
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Auge um Auge”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-G-E- -U-M- -A-U-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə] (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.