ausfechten
[ˈaʊ̯sˌfɛçtn̩]
The verdict
“ausfechten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einer Einigung kommen, oft mit hohem Engagement und Einsatz einen Streit austragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausfechten · ausfechten · German
ausfechten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | ausfechten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌfɛçtn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausfechten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausfechten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌfɛçtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ausfechten, 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ausfechten, spelled A-U-S-F-E-C-H-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1zu einer Einigung kommen, oft mit hohem Engagement und Einsatz einen Streit austragen
- 2miteinander die Klinge kreuzen (fechten), um festzustellen, wer gewinnt/recht hat
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausfechten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Voller Hingabe, mit Temperament, mit Vehemenz und mit ganzem Herzen: Fassbinder, Bitburg, Walser – das sind nur Beispiele für unvergessene Auseinandersetzungen, die er leidenschaftlich ausgefochten hat.“
„Jetzt ist der Augenblick, in der sie beide mit der Waffe in der Hand sich gegenüberstehen, um den Kampf auszufechten, der nur mit dem Untergang des einen enden kann.“
Antonyms
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.