auf den Keks gehen

//aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ phrase

The verdict

“auf den Keks gehen” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
18
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: irritar muito alguém

Key facts for auf den Keks gehen
PropertyValue
Headwordauf den Keks gehen
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters18
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “auf den Keks gehen” sits in Portuguese frequency

auf den Keks gehen falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for auf den Keks gehen is 18 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?). It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for auf den Keks gehen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Portuguese form is auf den Keks gehen, spelled A-U-F- -D-E-N- -K-E-K-S- -G-E-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
    irritar muito alguém
  2. 2
    dar nos nervos

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auf den Keks gehen"?
"auf den Keks gehen" is spelled A-U-F- -D-E-N- -K-E-K-S- -G-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "auf den Keks gehen" mean?
As a phrase, "auf den Keks gehen" means: irritar muito alguém
How do you pronounce "auf den Keks gehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auf den Keks gehen" is /aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “auf den Keks gehen”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-F- -D-E-N- -K-E-K-S- -G-E-H-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aʊ̯f deːn keːks ˈɡeːən/ ouvir^(fonte ?) (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.