Telefonauskunft
[ˈteːləfoːnˌʔaʊ̯skʊnft]
The verdict
“Telefonauskunft” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einrichtung, die telefonisch Auskünfte erteilt und Telefonnummern auf Anfrage heraussucht
Corpus desk
Index DE-telefonauskunft · Telefonauskunft · German
Telefonauskunft · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | Telefonauskunft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈteːləfoːnˌʔaʊ̯skʊnft] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Telefonauskunft“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Telefonauskunft is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteːləfoːnˌʔaʊ̯skʊnft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einrichtung, die telefonisch Auskünfte erteilt und Telefonnummern auf Anfrage heraussucht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Telefonauskunft, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Telefonauskunft, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-A-U-S-K-U-N-F-T.
Definition
- 1Einrichtung, die telefonisch Auskünfte erteilt und Telefonnummern auf Anfrage heraussucht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Telefonauskunft appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Inverssuche oder auch Rückwärtssuche bezeichnet man eine Art der Telefonauskunft, bei der nicht wie im herkömmlichen Sinne eine zu einer Kombination aus Name und Adresse gehörende Rufnummer gesucht wird.“
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.