gaben auf

/[ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

gaben auf is aGermanverb. It means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs aufgeben Pronounced [ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f].

Key facts for gaben auf
PropertyValue
Headwordgaben auf
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

gaben auf is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for gaben auf is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for gaben auf in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 gaben auf, spelled G-A-B-E-N- -A-U-F, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs aufgeben
  2. 2
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs aufgeben

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gaben auf"?
"gaben auf" is spelled G-A-B-E-N- -A-U-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f].
What does "gaben auf" mean?
As a verb, "gaben auf" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Hauptsatzkonjugation des Verbs aufgeben
How do you pronounce "gaben auf"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gaben auf" is [ˌɡaːbn̩ ˈaʊ̯f]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gaben auf" come from?
"gaben auf" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.