Autoporträt
[aʊ̯topɔʁˈtʁɛː]
The verdict
“Autoporträt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bildliche oder plastische Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese hergestellt hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-autoportrat · Autoporträt · German
Autoporträt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Autoporträt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʊ̯topɔʁˈtʁɛː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Autoporträt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Autoporträt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʊ̯topɔʁˈtʁɛː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bildliche oder plastische Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese hergestellt hat".
No misspelling variants are generated for Autoporträt in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Autoporträt, spelled A-U-T-O-P-O-R-T-R-Ä-T.
Definition
- 1bildliche oder plastische Darstellung derjenigen Person, die diese hergestellt hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Autoporträt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ludwig Kohl, der jünger und souveräner als J. Q. Jahn war, ließ sein anderes um vieles ältere (silhouettengleiches) Autoporträt von seinem bekannteren Bruder, dem Stecher Klement (1754-1807) in Wien, als Stich ausführen.
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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.