Außenstehender
[ˈaʊ̯sn̩ˌʃteːəndɐ]
The verdict
“Außenstehender” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person, die an einer Sache nicht beteiligt ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-au-enstehender · Außenstehender · German
Außenstehender · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | Außenstehender |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sn̩ˌʃteːəndɐ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Außenstehender“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Außenstehender is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sn̩ˌʃteːəndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Person, die an einer Sache nicht beteiligt ist".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Außenstehender, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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. The correct German form is Außenstehender, spelled A-U-S-S-E-N-S-T-E-H-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Person, die an einer Sache nicht beteiligt ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Außenstehender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die inneren Strukturen dieser Investmentgesellschaft waren für Außenstehende nicht restlos zu durchschauen […].“
„Hinter dieser Gegebenheit verbirgt sich das Geheimnis, warum Risikosport und Grenzgang, aber auch zahlreiche Sportformen und Hobbies im mittleren Gefahrenbereich Außenstehenden keinen inneren Zugang gewähren.“
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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.