ausbleiben
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
ausbleiben is spelled A-U-S-B-L-E-I-B-E-N (10 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 27,669th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausbleiben is a German verb meaning “to be absent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “entgegen der Erwartung nicht eintreffen”.
What does ausbleiben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be absent
Das konnte ja nicht ausbleiben.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entgegen der Erwartung nicht eintreffen
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 ausbleiben
- bleibt aus present singular third-person
- blieb aus past
- ausgeblieben participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- ausbleibend participle present
- auszubleiben infinitive infinitive-zu
- bleibe aus first-person indicative present
- bleiben aus first-person indicative plural
- bleibst aus indicative present second-person
- bleibest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- bleibet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- blieben aus first-person indicative plural
- bliebe aus first-person singular subjunctive
- bliebst aus indicative preterite second-person
- bliebt aus indicative plural preterite
- bliebest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- bliebet aus plural second-person subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausbleiben?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌblaɪ̯bn̩]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌblaɪ̯bm̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausbleiben in German?
ausbleiben appears 1.7 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).