unter vier Augen
[ˌʊntɐ fiːɐ̯ ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩]
The verdict
“unter vier Augen” 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
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nur zu zweit, ohne weitere Zuhörer oder Zuschauer
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unter vier Augen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌʊntɐ fiːɐ̯ ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “unter vier Augen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for unter vier Augen is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʊntɐ fiːɐ̯ ˈaʊ̯ɡn̩]. 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: "nur zu zweit, ohne weitere Zuhörer oder Zuschauer".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for unter vier Augen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is unter vier Augen, spelled U-N-T-E-R- -V-I-E-R- -A-U-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1nur zu zweit, ohne weitere Zuhörer oder Zuschauer
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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 “unter vier Augen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is U-N-T-E-R- -V-I-E-R- -A-U-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.