Autophagie
[aʊ̯tofaˈɡiː]
The verdict
“Autophagie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verdauung zelleigner Strukturen durch Phagozyten, zum Beispiel Lysosomen
Corpus desk
Index DE-autophagie · Autophagie · German
Autophagie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Autophagie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯tofaˈɡiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Autophagie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Autophagie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯tofaˈɡiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Verdauung zelleigner Strukturen durch Phagozyten, zum Beispiel Lysosomen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Autophagie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Autophagie, spelled A-U-T-O-P-H-A-G-I-E.
Definition
- 1Verdauung zelleigner Strukturen durch Phagozyten, zum Beispiel Lysosomen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Autophagie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn manche Zellen ihren Tod vor Augen haben, dann fangen sie an, sich selbst aufzufressen. Autophagie heißt dieser Mechanismus, den der Japaner Yoshinori Ohsumi erforscht hat - und für den er jetzt den Nobelpreis bekommt.“
Der Mechanismus der Autophagie spielt neuerdings in der Krebsforschung eine herausragende Rolle.
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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.