auf Wiedersehen
"auf-wiedersehen" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“auf Wiedersehen” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Used to express farewell.
Corpus desk
Index EN-auf-wiedersehen · auf Wiedersehen · English
auf Wiedersehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | auf Wiedersehen |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “auf Wiedersehen” in English
Rare enough to double-check
auf Wiedersehen is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for auf Wiedersehen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from German auf Wiedersehen (“goodbye”). The correct English form is auf Wiedersehen, spelled A-U-F- -W-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Used to express farewell.
- 2Until we see each other again; goodbye.
Etymology
Borrowed from German auf Wiedersehen (“goodbye”).
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.