Auswirkung

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,239

in German word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Auswirkung is aGermannoun. It means: Folgen, Konsequenzen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ]. Often confused with Auswirkungen and auswirken.

Key facts for Auswirkung
PropertyValue
HeadwordAuswirkung
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,239
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Auswirkung in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Auswirkung is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,239 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Folgen, Konsequenzen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for Auswirkung, with forms such as "asuwirkung", "ausiwrkung", and "ausswirkung". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Auswirkungen", "auswirken", "Auswertung", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Auswirkung, spelled A-U-S-W-I-R-K-U-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Folgen, Konsequenzen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asuwirkung,ausiwrkung,ausswirkung,auswikrung,auswirkkung,auswirknug,auswirkugn,auswirkungg,auswirkunng,auswirrkung,auswirukng,auswrikung,auswwirkung,auwsirkung,uaswirkung

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Auswirkung

Misspelling Variants of "Auswirkung"

asuwirkung10ausiwrkung10ausswirkung11auswikrung10auswirkkung11auswirknug10auswirkugn10auswirkungg11
Misspelling Variants of "Auswirkung"

Frequency rank: #12,239 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Auswirkung"?
"Auswirkung" is spelled A-U-S-W-I-R-K-U-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ].
What does "Auswirkung" mean?
As a noun, "Auswirkung" means: Folgen, Konsequenzen einer Handlung oder Unterlassung
What words are commonly confused with "Auswirkung"?
"Auswirkung" is commonly confused with "Auswirkungen", "auswirken", "Auswertung". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Auswirkung"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Auswirkung" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌvɪʁkʊŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Auswirkung" come from?
"Auswirkung" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.