ausgeklügelt
German, adjective/ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌklyːɡl̩t/
ausgeklügelt is spelled A-U-S-G-E-K-L-Ü-G-E-L-T (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausgeklügelt is a German adjective meaning “elaborate, ingenious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ausklügeln. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gut durchdacht (und entsprechend ausgearbeitet)”.
What does ausgeklügelt mean in English?
adjective
- 1
elaborate, ingenious
verb
- 1
past participle of ausklügeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gut durchdacht (und entsprechend ausgearbeitet)
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 ausgeklügelt
- ausgeklügelter masculine nominative singular
- am ausgeklügeltsten superlative
- ausgeklügelte feminine nominative singular
- ausgeklügeltes neuter nominative singular
- ausgeklügelten genitive masculine singular
- ausgeklügeltem dative masculine singular
- der ausgeklügelte definite includes-article masculine
- die ausgeklügelte definite feminine includes-article
- das ausgeklügelte definite includes-article neuter
- die ausgeklügelten definite includes-article nominative
- des ausgeklügelten definite genitive includes-article
- der ausgeklügelten definite feminine genitive
- dem ausgeklügelten dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausgeklügelt?
- /ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌklyːɡl̩t/
- [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌklyːɡl̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausgeklügelt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausgeklügelt in German?
ausgeklügelt appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).