Auge um Auge
[ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə]
The verdict
“Auge um Auge” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein zugefügter Schaden muss in gleichem Maße beglichen werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-auge-um-auge · Auge um Auge · German
Auge um Auge · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Auge um Auge“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Auge um Auge is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡə ʊm ˈaʊ̯ɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Auge um Auge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Orest hat seine Mutter getötet, um ihren Mord an seinem Vater zu rächen. Die Untaten rufen die Erinnyen auf den Plan, die drei Göttinnen der Rache, deren Aufgabe es ist, nach dem Prinzip Auge um Auge für Gerechtigkeit zu sorgen.“
„Er schwor sich, beide nicht ungeschoren davon kommen zu lassen. Ihn würde er in Florida, sie in Deutschland aufspüren, um den Tod seiner Schwester persönlich zu rächen, Auge um Auge.“
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.