ausfielen

[ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“ausfielen” is uncommon German (frequency #57,681 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,681
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausfielen · ausfielen · German

ausfielen · rank #57,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,681
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ausbrüchen

Nearest frequency peer: Ausbrüchen (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausfielen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausfielen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausfielen
PropertyValue
Headwordausfielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#57,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausfielen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ausfielenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ausbrüchen“ (#57,680), „ausgebracht“ (#57,682), „aufsaugen“ (#57,679). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausfielen“ bei #57,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausfielen is uncommon German at frequency #57,681 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

ausfielen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ausfielen, spelled A-U-S-F-I-E-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausfielen"?
"ausfielen" is spelled A-U-S-F-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən].
What does "ausfielen" mean?
As a verb, "ausfielen" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausfallen
How do you pronounce "ausfielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausfielen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌfiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausfielen" come from?
"ausfielen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausfielen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list