außer Betrieb
[ˌaʊ̯sɐ bəˈtʁiːp]
The verdict
“außer Betrieb” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - diese festgefügte Wortverbindung zeigt einen nicht benutzbaren Zustand eines technischen Gerätes oder einer technischen Anlage an
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | außer Betrieb |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌaʊ̯sɐ bəˈtʁiːp] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “außer Betrieb” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
außer Betrieb is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌaʊ̯sɐ bəˈtʁiːp]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "diese festgefügte Wortverbindung zeigt einen nicht benutzbaren Zustand eines technischen Gerätes oder einer technischen Anlage an".
außer Betrieb has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is außer Betrieb, spelled A-U-S-S-E-R- -B-E-T-R-I-E-B.
Definition
- 1diese festgefügte Wortverbindung zeigt einen nicht benutzbaren Zustand eines technischen Gerätes oder einer technischen Anlage an
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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.
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Using “außer Betrieb”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-S-E-R- -B-E-T-R-I-E-B - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌaʊ̯sɐ bəˈtʁiːp] (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.