auseinanderbrechen
[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“auseinanderbrechen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #70,034 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #70,034
- frequency rank, German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas in Stücke brechen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auseinanderbrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Frequency rank | #70,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auseinanderbrechen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for auseinanderbrechen is 18 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌbʁɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,034 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for auseinanderbrechen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 auseinanderbrechen, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in Stücke brechen
- 2in Stücke zerfallen
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.
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Using “auseinanderbrechen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.