Augenlicht

[ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt]

/[ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Augenlicht” is uncommon German (frequency #55,145 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,145
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Fähigkeit, zu sehen; Sehkraft

Corpus desk

Index DE-augenlicht · Augenlicht · German

Augenlicht · rank #55,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,145
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aufzuzählen

Nearest frequency peer: aufzuzählen (-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 „Augenlicht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Augenlicht
PropertyValue
HeadwordAugenlicht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,145
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Augenlicht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aufzuzählen“ (#55,144), „ausbreitete“ (#55,146), „Auftraggebern“ (#55,143). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Augenlicht“ bei #55,145. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Augenlicht is uncommon German at frequency #55,145 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Augenlicht doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Augenlicht, spelled A-U-G-E-N-L-I-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Fähigkeit, zu sehen; Sehkraft
  2. 2
    Auge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Er verlor sein Augenlicht bei einem Unfall.
  2. „Er blickte zu ihr auf mit dem Ausdruck eines Blinden, dem plötzlich das Augenlicht geschenkt wird.“

Synonyms

Sehkraft

This word in other languages

eyesight(English)vue(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 "Augenlicht"?
"Augenlicht" is spelled A-U-G-E-N-L-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt].
What does "Augenlicht" mean?
As a noun, "Augenlicht" means: die Fähigkeit, zu sehen; Sehkraft
How do you pronounce "Augenlicht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Augenlicht" is [ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ˌlɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Augenlicht" come from?
"Augenlicht" 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 "Augenlicht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ausläufern#55,148anzupacken#55,127beschwingt#55,179Amtsbezirk#55,108

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list