ausfällig
German, adjective[ˈʔaʊsˌfɛlɪç]
ausfällig is spelled A-U-S-F-Ä-L-L-I-G (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausfällig is a German adjective meaning “verbally abusive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den guten Umgangston vermissen lassend; frech bis beleidigend”.
What does ausfällig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
verbally abusive
ausfällig werden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. den guten Umgangston vermissen lassend; frech bis beleidigend
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 ausfällig
- ausfälliger masculine nominative singular
- am ausfälligsten superlative
- ausfällige feminine nominative singular
- ausfälliges neuter nominative singular
- ausfälligen genitive masculine singular
- ausfälligem dative masculine singular
- der ausfällige definite includes-article masculine
- die ausfällige definite feminine includes-article
- das ausfällige definite includes-article neuter
- die ausfälligen definite includes-article nominative
- des ausfälligen definite genitive includes-article
- der ausfälligen definite feminine genitive
- dem ausfälligen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausfällig?
- standard [ˈʔaʊsˌfɛlɪç]
- [ˈʔaʊsˌfɛlɪk]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌfɛlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausfällig in German?
ausfällig appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).