auseinanderspringen
[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪŋən]
The verdict
“auseinanderspringen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (in einem kurzen Moment) in kleine Teile zerfallen, zerbrechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-auseinanderspringen · auseinanderspringen · German
auseinanderspringen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-8 8 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 | auseinanderspringen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪŋən] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinanderspringen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auseinanderspringen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
auseinanderspringen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 auseinanderspringen, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1(in einem kurzen Moment) in kleine Teile zerfallen, zerbrechen
- 2sich plötzlich, sprunghaft voneinander wegbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auseinanderspringen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Auflaufform mit der Lasagne ist im Backofen einfach auseinandergesprungen – was für eine Sauerei das war!
„Der Axtstiel reicht von hier bis Göteborg, und entsprechend schwierig ist es, die Baumscheiben damit genau zu treffen – so zu treffen, dass sie in exakten Hälften ehrfurchtgebietend und knackend auseinanderspringen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.