auf Wiedersehen

//aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?)/ phrase

The verdict

“auf Wiedersehen” 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
15
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: até à vista!

Key facts for auf Wiedersehen
PropertyValue
Headwordauf Wiedersehen
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?)
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “auf Wiedersehen” sits in Portuguese frequency

auf Wiedersehen 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 Wiedersehen is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ 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: "até à vista!".

No misspelling variants are generated for auf Wiedersehen 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 Wiedersehen, spelled A-U-F- -W-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    até à vista!

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auf Wiedersehen"?
"auf Wiedersehen" is spelled A-U-F- -W-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?).
What does "auf Wiedersehen" mean?
As a phrase, "auf Wiedersehen" means: até à vista!
How do you pronounce "auf Wiedersehen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auf Wiedersehen" is /aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ ouvir^(fonte ?). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auf Wiedersehen" come from?
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Using “auf Wiedersehen”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-F- -W-I-E-D-E-R-S-E-H-E-N — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /aʊ̯f ˈviːdɐˌzeːn̩/ 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.