auf Teufel komm raus

//aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ phrase

The verdict

“auf Teufel komm raus” 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
20
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: de uma forma ou de outra

Key facts for auf Teufel komm raus
PropertyValue
Headwordauf Teufel komm raus
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters20
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “auf Teufel komm raus” sits in Portuguese frequency

auf Teufel komm raus 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 Teufel komm raus is 20 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ ouvir^(fonte ?). 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: "de uma forma ou de outra".

No misspelling variants are generated for auf Teufel komm raus 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 Teufel komm raus, spelled A-U-F- -T-E-U-F-E-L- -K-O-M-M- -R-A-U-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    de uma forma ou de outra

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auf Teufel komm raus"?
"auf Teufel komm raus" is spelled A-U-F- -T-E-U-F-E-L- -K-O-M-M- -R-A-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "auf Teufel komm raus" mean?
As a phrase, "auf Teufel komm raus" means: de uma forma ou de outra
How do you pronounce "auf Teufel komm raus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auf Teufel komm raus" is /aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auf Teufel komm raus" come from?
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Using “auf Teufel komm raus”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-F- -T-E-U-F-E-L- -K-O-M-M- -R-A-U-S — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aʊ̯f ˌtɔɪ̯fl̩ kɔm ˈraʊ̯s/ 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.