Auslassungszeichen
[ˈaʊ̯slasʊŋsˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“Auslassungszeichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kennzeichnung fehlender Wortteile
Corpus desk
Index DE-auslassungszeichen · Auslassungszeichen · German
Auslassungszeichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-7 7 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 | Auslassungszeichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯slasʊŋsˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Auslassungszeichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Auslassungszeichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯slasʊŋsˌt͡saɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kennzeichnung fehlender Wortteile".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Auslassungszeichen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Auslassungszeichen, spelled A-U-S-L-A-S-S-U-N-G-S-Z-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Kennzeichnung fehlender Wortteile
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Auslassungszeichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In dem vom niederösterreichischen Erstgericht geführten Handelsregister sind die Verhältnisse des Trägers der Firma eingetragen, die aus einem Vornamen, einem Familiennamen mit einem unter Auslassungszeichen angefügten Genitiv-S, dem Wort ‚Söhne‘, einer Berufsbezeichnung und dem Ortsnamen des Unternehmenssitzes gebildet ist.“
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.