Augentropfen

[ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən]

/[ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən]/ noun

The verdict

“Augentropfen” is uncommon German (frequency #61,303 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,303
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine flüssige Darreichungsform von Arzneimitteln zum Tropfen in das Auge

Corpus desk

Index DE-augentropfen · Augentropfen · German

Augentropfen · rank #61,303 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,303
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Augapfel

Nearest frequency peer: Augapfel (-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 „Augentropfen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Augentropfen
PropertyValue
HeadwordAugentropfen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#61,303
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Augentropfen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Augentropfenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Augapfel“ (#61,302), „Augenwischerei“ (#61,304), „aufstehe“ (#61,301). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Augentropfen“ bei #61,303. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Augentropfen is uncommon German at frequency #61,303 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine flüssige Darreichungsform von Arzneimitteln zum Tropfen in das Auge".

Augentropfen has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 Augentropfen, spelled A-U-G-E-N-T-R-O-P-F-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine flüssige Darreichungsform von Arzneimitteln zum Tropfen in das Auge

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bei entzündeten Augen helfen manchmal Augentropfen.
  2. „Wenn sich die Leute vom Stamm der Matis vor der Jagd selbstgefertigte drogenartige Augentropfen verabreichen, um besser zu sehen und mit dem Urwald eins zu sein, und dann einer mit Blasrohr und Giftpfeil einen kleinen Affen, der 30 Meter über ihm im Gehölz turnt, herunterholt, ist klar, warum man "Universum" sieht.“

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); 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 "Augentropfen"?
"Augentropfen" is spelled A-U-G-E-N-T-R-O-P-F-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən].
What does "Augentropfen" mean?
As a noun, "Augentropfen" means: eine flüssige Darreichungsform von Arzneimitteln zum Tropfen in das Auge
How do you pronounce "Augentropfen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Augentropfen" is [ˈaʊ̯ɡŋ̍tʁɔp͡fən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Augentropfen" come from?
"Augentropfen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list