autark

[aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]

/[aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]/ adj

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The verdict

“autark” is uncommon German (frequency #51,130 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,130
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - insbesondere von der ausländischen Wirtschaft unabhängig

Corpus desk

Index DE-autark · autark · German

autark · rank #51,130 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,130
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Automatismus

Nearest frequency peer: Automatismus (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „autark“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „autark“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for autark
PropertyValue
Headwordautark
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#51,130
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „autark“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).autarkfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Automatismus“ (#51,131), „ausheben“ (#51,128), „Autosalon“ (#51,132). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „autark“ bei #51,130. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

autark is uncommon German at frequency #51,130 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for autark, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is autark, spelled A-U-T-A-R-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    insbesondere von der ausländischen Wirtschaft unabhängig
  2. 2
    von äußeren Einflüssen unabhängig

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how autark appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als Schutzmaßnahme [westlicher Sanktionen gegen Russland] propagiert die russische Führung das Ziel, autark zu werden. Sie möchte ein eigenes Zahlungssystem aufbauen, um dem Griff der US-Kreditkartenunternehmen zu entkommen.“
  2. Wir streben eine autarke Stromversorgung an.

This word in other languages

autarkic(English)autarcique(Français)autónomo(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "autark"?
"autark" is spelled A-U-T-A-R-K. The IPA pronunciation is [aʊ̯ˈtaʁk].
What does "autark" mean?
As an adjective, "autark" means: insbesondere von der ausländischen Wirtschaft unabhängig
How do you pronounce "autark"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "autark" is [aʊ̯ˈtaʁk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "autark" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "autark", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list