außerdem
[ˈaʊ̯sɐdeːm]
The verdict
“außerdem” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dient dazu, etwas Weiteres anzufügen
Corpus desk
Index DE-au-erdem · außerdem · German
außerdem · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | außerdem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sɐdeːm] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „außerdem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
außerdem is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sɐdeːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dient dazu, etwas Weiteres anzufügen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for außerdem in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 außerdem, spelled A-U-S-S-E-R-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1dient dazu, etwas Weiteres anzufügen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how außerdem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wollte von mir außerdem wissen, was ich von den politischen Entwicklungen halte.
„Außerdem hatte ich ihm in einem meiner Briefe mitgeteilt, dass ich das Chemiestudium zwar zu Ende führen würde, aber dann lieber Schriftsteller werden wolle.“
This word in other languages
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.