up to date
[aptuˈdeːt]
The verdict
“up to date” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf dem neuesten Stand
Corpus desk
Index DE-up-to-date · up to date · German
up to date · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" 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 | up to date |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aptuˈdeːt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „up to date“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
up to date is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [aptuˈdeːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auf dem neuesten Stand".
up to date has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is up to date, spelled U-P- -T-O- -D-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1auf dem neuesten Stand
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how up to date appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er hatte eine enorme Sorge um sein Leben, außerdem mußte er als moderner Mensch, der peinlichst in allem up to date bleiben wollte, so gut wie man sich in der Saison in Monte Carlo, St. Moritz, Baden-Baden oder Ostende sehen ließ, auch seine Zeit im Sanatorium gesessen haben. (Hermann Harry Schmitz, Im Sanatorium, z.n. Projekt Gutenberg)
„Es ist im allgemeinen Dasein praktisch, völlig up to date zu sein, sehr fein ist es meistens nicht.“
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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.