ausbilden
German, verb
ausbilden is spelled A-U-S-B-I-L-D-E-N (9 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written German, the 13,123rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausbilden is a German verb meaning “to educate; to train; to instruct (for a job, skill)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ausbilden is a different word: “gerund of ausbilden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem bestimmte Fertigkeiten und/oder Kenntnisse/Verhaltensweisen beibringen”.
What does ausbilden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to educate; to train; to instruct (for a job, skill)
- 2
to develop; to shape; to design
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ausbilden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem bestimmte Fertigkeiten und/oder Kenntnisse/Verhaltensweisen beibringen 2. eine bestimmte Form entwickeln, annehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ausbilden
- bildet aus present singular third-person
- bildete aus past
- ausgebildet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausbildend participle present
- auszubilden infinitive infinitive-zu
- bilde aus first-person indicative present
- bilden aus first-person indicative plural
- bildest aus indicative present second-person
- bildeten aus first-person indicative plural
- bildetest aus indicative preterite second-person
- bildetet aus indicative plural preterite
- bild aus! imperative singular
- bilde aus! imperative singular
- bildet aus! imperative plural
- ausgebildet haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgebildet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- ausgebildet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ausbilden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausbilden in German?
ausbilden appears 4.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).