auseinanderspritzen
[aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“auseinanderspritzen” 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) - sich plötzlich, sprunghaft voneinander wegbewegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-auseinanderspritzen · auseinanderspritzen · German
auseinanderspritzen · 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 | auseinanderspritzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auseinanderspritzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auseinanderspritzen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [aʊ̯sʔaɪ̯ˈnandɐˌʃpʁɪt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich plötzlich, sprunghaft voneinander wegbewegen".
auseinanderspritzen 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 usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is auseinanderspritzen, spelled A-U-S-E-I-N-A-N-D-E-R-S-P-R-I-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich plötzlich, sprunghaft voneinander wegbewegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auseinanderspritzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wie oft schon bin ich in letzter Sekunde zur Seite gesprungen, weil irgendso ein in den Ohren fest verstöpselter Radfahrer mitten auf dem Gehweg ranrauschte und selbstverständlich davon ausging, dass die Fußgänger auseinanderspritzen und Platz machen.“
„Ein Polizeiwagen bricht sich Bahn. Autos und Elektrische stoppen. Die Menge spritzt auseinander.“
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.