how to pronounce auftauchen

/ʔaʊ̯ftaʊ̯χn̩/

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auftauchen is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of auftauchen in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… plötzlich auftauchen mag keine ahnung …”

meanings of auftauchen

verb:

To turn up, to appear.
To come up (e.g. a subject or name in conversation, a difficulty in a project, etc.).
To surface.

auftauchen frequency in german - B2 level of CEFR

the word auftauchen occurs in german on average 16.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.