tauchen

/[ˈtaʊ̯xn̩]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,403

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

tauchen is aGermanverb. It means: mit dem Kopf oder dem gesamten Körper unter die Oberfläche des Wassers gehen Pronounced [ˈtaʊ̯xn̩]. It ranks #7,403 in German word frequency. Often confused with taucht and taugen.

Key facts for tauchen
PropertyValue
Headwordtauchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈtaʊ̯xn̩]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,403
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tauchen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for tauchen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtaʊ̯xn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,403 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for tauchen, with forms such as "atuchen", "tacuhen", and "taucchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "taucht", "taugen", "taufen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 tauchen, spelled T-A-U-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit dem Kopf oder dem gesamten Körper unter die Oberfläche des Wassers gehen
  2. 2
    sich unter Wasser begeben und dort bleiben
  3. 3
    sich unter die Wasseroberfläche begeben und etwas suchen
  4. 4
    sich unter Wasser begeben und nicht mehr sichtbar sein
  5. 5
    sich, auch nur scheinbar, in etwas begeben und nicht mehr sichtbar sein
  6. 6
    sich aus dem Wasser begeben
  7. 7
    in eine Flüssigkeit stecken
  8. 8
    mit etwas umgeben, mit etwas erfüllen
  9. 9
    jemanden oder jemandes Kopf gewaltsam unter Wasser drücken

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atuchen,tacuhen,taucchen,taucehn,tauchenn,tauchhen,tauchne,tauhcen,ttauchen,tuachen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tauchen

Misspelling Variants of "tauchen"

atuchen7tacuhen7taucchen8taucehn7tauchenn8tauchhen8tauchne7tauhcen7
Misspelling Variants of "tauchen"

Frequency rank: #7,403 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tauchen"?
"tauchen" is spelled T-A-U-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtaʊ̯xn̩].
What does "tauchen" mean?
As a verb, "tauchen" means: mit dem Kopf oder dem gesamten Körper unter die Oberfläche des Wassers gehen
What words are commonly confused with "tauchen"?
"tauchen" is commonly confused with "taucht", "taugen", "taufen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tauchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tauchen" is [ˈtaʊ̯xn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tauchen" come from?
"tauchen" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.