große Augen machen
[ˌɡʁoːsə ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ ˌmaxn̩]
The verdict
“große Augen machen” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - über etwas (Unerwartetes) erstaunt sein; über eine (ungewöhnliche) Person, Sache verwundert sein
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | große Augen machen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌɡʁoːsə ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ ˌmaxn̩] |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “große Augen machen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for große Augen machen is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɡʁoːsə ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ ˌmaxn̩]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "über etwas (Unerwartetes) erstaunt sein; über eine (ungewöhnliche) Person, Sache verwundert sein".
Zero misspellings are on record for große Augen machen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 große Augen machen, spelled G-R-O-S-S-E- -A-U-G-E-N- -M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1über etwas (Unerwartetes) erstaunt sein; über eine (ungewöhnliche) Person, Sache verwundert sein
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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.
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Using “große Augen machen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-O-S-S-E- -A-U-G-E-N- -M-A-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌɡʁoːsə ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩ ˌmaxn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.