aus freien Stücken
[aʊ̯s ˌfʁaɪ̯ən ˈʃtʏkn̩]
The verdict
“aus freien Stücken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus eigenem Antrieb, aus eigenem freiem Willen, ohne direkte Aufforderung, ohne Zwang
Corpus desk
Index DE-aus-freien-stucken · aus freien Stücken · German
aus freien Stücken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 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 | aus freien Stücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aʊ̯s ˌfʁaɪ̯ən ˈʃtʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aus freien Stücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aus freien Stücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aʊ̯s ˌfʁaɪ̯ən ˈʃtʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus eigenem Antrieb, aus eigenem freiem Willen, ohne direkte Aufforderung, ohne Zwang".
No misspelling variants are generated for aus freien Stücken in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is aus freien Stücken, spelled A-U-S- -F-R-E-I-E-N- -S-T-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1aus eigenem Antrieb, aus eigenem freiem Willen, ohne direkte Aufforderung, ohne Zwang
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aus freien Stücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir haben aus freien Stücken auf eine Lohnerhöhung verzichtet.
„Der Faschismus läßt vom Staats- und Gesellschaftsvertrag, den er im Verkehr der Mächte durch geheime Abmachungen ersetzt, im Inneren nur noch den Zwang des Allgemeinen gelten, den seine Diener aus freien Stücken am Rest der Menschheit vollstrecken.“
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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.