ausbrüten
[ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁyːtn̩]
The verdict
“ausbrüten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auf befruchteten Eiern sitzen, bis die Küken schlüpfen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausbruten · ausbrüten · German
ausbrüten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausbrüten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁyːtn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausbrüten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausbrüten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌbʁyːtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ausbrüten in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ausbrüten, spelled A-U-S-B-R-Ü-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1auf befruchteten Eiern sitzen, bis die Küken schlüpfen
- 2eine List vorbereiten, etwas Böses ausdenken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausbrüten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dort legen sie Eier und brüten ihre Küken aus.
Er hat den Banküberfall ausgebrütet.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.