seinen Geist aufgeben
[ˈzaɪ̯nən ɡaɪ̯st ˈʔaʊ̯fɡeːbn̩]
The verdict
“seinen Geist aufgeben” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sterben
Corpus desk
Index DE-seinen-geist-aufgeben · seinen Geist aufgeben · German
seinen Geist aufgeben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 21 letters
- VOW-9 9 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | seinen Geist aufgeben |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈzaɪ̯nən ɡaɪ̯st ˈʔaʊ̯fɡeːbn̩] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „seinen Geist aufgeben“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
seinen Geist aufgeben is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈzaɪ̯nən ɡaɪ̯st ˈʔaʊ̯fɡeːbn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
seinen Geist aufgeben doesn't appear in our generated misspelling 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is seinen Geist aufgeben, spelled S-E-I-N-E-N- -G-E-I-S-T- -A-U-F-G-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1sterben
- 2kaputtgehen, nicht mehr funktionieren
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.