ausdenken
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkən/
ausdenken is spelled A-U-S-D-E-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausdenken is a German verb meaning “to come up with, to think up, to make up (a story, a plan, a strategy, lies etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich etwas Neues überlegen”.
What does ausdenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to come up with, to think up, to make up (a story, a plan, a strategy, lies etc.)
Ich habe mir den Plan ausgedacht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich etwas Neues überlegen
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 ausdenken
- denkt aus present singular third-person
- dachte aus past
- ausgedacht participle past
- dächte aus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- ausdenkend participle present
- auszudenken infinitive infinitive-zu
- denke aus first-person indicative present
- denken aus first-person indicative plural
- denkst aus indicative present second-person
- denkest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- denket aus plural second-person subjunctive
- dachten aus first-person indicative plural
- dächten aus first-person formal plural
- dachtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- dachtet aus indicative plural preterite
- dächtest aus formal rare second-person
- dächtet aus formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausdenken?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkən/
- [ˈʔaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkŋ̍]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌdɛŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausdenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausdenken in German?
ausdenken appears 5.1 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).