auseinandergehen

[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən]

/[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən]/ verb

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The verdict

“auseinandergehen” is uncommon German (frequency #84,955 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,955
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in zwei oder mehrere Teile zerfallen, sich voneinander und sich in verschiedene Richtungen entfernen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auseinandergehen · auseinandergehen · German

auseinandergehen · rank #84,955 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,955
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-8 8 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ausführlichke…

Nearest frequency peer: Ausführlichkeit (+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 „auseinandergehen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auseinandergehen
PropertyValue
Headwordauseinandergehen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən]
Letters16
Frequency rank#84,955
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinandergehen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ausführlichkeit“ (#84,956), „ausblasen“ (#84,953), „ausbildete“ (#84,952). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auseinandergehen“ bei #84,955. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auseinandergehen is uncommon German at frequency #84,955 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for auseinandergehen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is auseinandergehen, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-G-E-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in zwei oder mehrere Teile zerfallen, sich voneinander und sich in verschiedene Richtungen entfernen
  2. 2
    unterschiedlicher Auffassung, Meinung, Wahrnehmung sein, divergieren
  3. 3
    sich voneinander trennen
  4. 4
    sich gabeln, sich verzweigen
  5. 5
    sich im Volumen, im Umfang, in der Masse vergrößern, zunehmen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Wecker gab seinen Geist endgültig auf und ging auseinander.
  2. Was die Stimmabgabe bei Wahlen betrifft, so gehen die Meinungen deutlich auseinander.

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 "auseinandergehen"?
"auseinandergehen" is spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən].
What does "auseinandergehen" mean?
As a verb, "auseinandergehen" means: in zwei oder mehrere Teile zerfallen, sich voneinander und sich in verschiedene Richtungen entfernen
How do you pronounce "auseinandergehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auseinandergehen" is [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌɡeːən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auseinandergehen" come from?
"auseinandergehen" 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 "auseinandergehen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list