aushöhlen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌhøːlən]
The verdict
“aushöhlen” is uncommon German (frequency #87,433 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,433
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das Innere von etwas entfernen, eine Höhlung in oder unter etwas machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-aushohlen · aushöhlen · German
aushöhlen · rank #87,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,433
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Ausgleichstre…
Nearest frequency peer: Ausgleichstreffer (-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 „aushöhlen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ausgemessen
ausgemessen
12,571 corpus weight
- ausgestatte…
ausgestatteter
12,570 corpus weight
- Ausgleichst…
Ausgleichstreffer
12,569 corpus weight
- aushöhlen
aushöhlen
12,568 corpus weight
- ausländerfe…
ausländerfeindlichen
12,567 corpus weight
- ausschweife…
ausschweifenden
12,566 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „aushöhlen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aushöhlen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌhøːlən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „aushöhlen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
aushöhlen is uncommon German at frequency #87,433 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌhøːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for aushöhlen 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is aushöhlen, spelled A-U-S-H-Ö-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1das Innere von etwas entfernen, eine Höhlung in oder unter etwas machen
- 2die Wirksamkeit, den Zustand von etwas allmählich verschlechtern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how aushöhlen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er legte sich in ein Loch, das der Wind im trockenen Sande nicht weit vom Ufer ausgehöhlt hatte, hüllte den Kopf in den Mantel und schlief bald ein.“
„Besonders stört uns die Absicht der neuen Koalition, den Kündigungsschutz weiter auszuhöhlen.“
Synonyms
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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.
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