ausborgen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌbɔʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“ausborgen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #99,499 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #99,499
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas freiwillig in den Besitz einer anderen Person geben, allerdings das Eigentum behalten
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausborgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɔʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #99,499 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausborgen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausborgen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌbɔʁɡn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #99,499 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ausborgen, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ausborgen, spelled A-U-S-B-O-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas freiwillig in den Besitz einer anderen Person geben, allerdings das Eigentum behalten
- 2etwas zeitweilig aus dem Besitz einer anderen Person bekommen, die das Eigentum behält
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ausborgen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-B-O-R-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.