ausgemergelt
[ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌmɛʁɡl̩t]
The verdict
“ausgemergelt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in schlechter körperlicher Verfassung, erschöpft
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausgemergelt · ausgemergelt · German
ausgemergelt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ausgemergelt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌmɛʁɡl̩t] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausgemergelt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausgemergelt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌmɛʁɡl̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in schlechter körperlicher Verfassung, erschöpft".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ausgemergelt, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ausgemergelt, spelled A-U-S-G-E-M-E-R-G-E-L-T.
Definition
- 1in schlechter körperlicher Verfassung, erschöpft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ausgemergelt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er wirkte völlig ausgemergelt auf uns.
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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.