ausbremsen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁɛmzn̩]
The verdict
“ausbremsen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,361 among 113,935 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,361
- frequency rank, German
- 113,935
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Geschwindigkeit des eigenen Fahrzeugs verringern um dadurch einen anderen Teilnehmer am Verkehr/in einem Rennen zum Bremsen zu zwingen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausbremsen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁɛmzn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausbremsen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ausbremsen is uncommon German at frequency #60,361 among 113,935 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁɛmzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ausbremsen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ausbremsen, spelled A-U-S-B-R-E-M-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1die Geschwindigkeit des eigenen Fahrzeugs verringern um dadurch einen anderen Teilnehmer am Verkehr/in einem Rennen zum Bremsen zu zwingen
- 2im Vorankommen behindern
- 3im Fortschritt behindern
- 4die Geschwindigkeit verringern
- 5sich nicht durchführen lassen, behindert werden
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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 “ausbremsen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-B-R-E-M-S-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.