ausbitten
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌbɪtn̩/
ausbitten is spelled A-U-S-B-I-T-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written German, the 406,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausbitten is a German verb meaning “to ask for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem um etwas bitten”.
What does ausbitten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask for
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem um etwas bitten 2. etwas nachdrücklich fordern
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 ausbitten
- bittet aus present singular third-person
- bat aus past
- ausgebeten participle past
- bäte aus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- ausbittend participle present
- auszubitten infinitive infinitive-zu
- bitte aus first-person indicative present
- bitten aus first-person indicative plural
- bittest aus indicative present second-person
- baten aus first-person indicative plural
- bäten aus first-person formal plural
- batest aus indicative preterite second-person
- batst aus indicative preterite second-person
- batet aus indicative plural preterite
- bätest aus formal rare second-person
- bätet aus formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausbitten?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌbɪtn̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɪtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausbitten in German?
ausbitten appears about once in every 46 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).