ausgestalten
[ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtaltn̩]
The verdict
“ausgestalten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - etwas in einer bestimmten Form gestalten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausgestalten · ausgestalten · German
ausgestalten · 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 | ausgestalten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtaltn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausgestalten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausgestalten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sɡəˌʃtaltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ausgestalten in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ausgestalten, spelled A-U-S-G-E-S-T-A-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas in einer bestimmten Form gestalten
- 2etwas zu einer ausgereifteren Form bringen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausgestalten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So hat erst unlängst die Schweiz bewiesen, dass es in einem betont dezentralen Bundesstaat nach breiter öffentlicher Diskussion möglich ist, den öffentlichen Rundfunkauftrag modern auszugestalten.
Die Scuola di San Rocco, eine der von Bruderschaften getragenen sozialen Einrichtungen Venedigs, wollte einen Neubau künstlerisch ausgestalten lassen und dafür einen Wettbewerb ausschreiben.
This word in other languages
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.