Augendusche
[ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌduːʃə]
The verdict
“Augendusche” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorrichtung zur Spülung der Augen, insbesondere nach Chemikalienkontakt
Corpus desk
Index DE-augendusche · Augendusche · German
Augendusche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Augendusche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌduːʃə] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Augendusche“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Augendusche is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌduːʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Vorrichtung zur Spülung der Augen, insbesondere nach Chemikalienkontakt".
Augendusche doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Augendusche, spelled A-U-G-E-N-D-U-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Vorrichtung zur Spülung der Augen, insbesondere nach Chemikalienkontakt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Augendusche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch Unfälle lassen sich nicht zu 100 Prozent ausschließen – deshalb gibt es Erste-Hilfe-Prozesse und geeignete Mittel wie Augenduschen, Erste-Hilfe-Kästen und Feuerlöscher in Reichweite.“
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.