Auskunftei
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯sˌkʊnftaɪ̯/
Auskunftei is spelled A-U-S-K-U-N-F-T-E-I (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auskunftei is a German feminine noun meaning “information bureau, enquiry agency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Unternehmen, dessen Zweck die gewerbsmäßige Erteilung von Auskünften über die privaten oder wirtschaftlichen…”.
What does Auskunftei mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinformation bureau, enquiry agency
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unternehmen, dessen Zweck die gewerbsmäßige Erteilung von Auskünften über die privaten oder wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse Dritter ist
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Auskunftei
- Auskunfteien plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auskunftei?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌkʊnftaɪ̯/
- [ˌaʊ̯skʊnfˈtaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Auskunftei in German?
Auskunftei appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).