ausholen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌhoːlən]
The verdict
“ausholen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #56,783 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #56,783
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - den Arm/die Arme aufwärts/rückwärts/seitwärts wegstrecken, beispielsweise um zu werfen oder zu schlagen, ein Bein nach hinten strecken, beispielsweise für einen Torschuss; sich vorbereiten auf etwas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausholen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌhoːlən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,783 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausholen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausholen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌhoːlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #56,783 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ausholen in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ausholen, spelled A-U-S-H-O-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1den Arm/die Arme aufwärts/rückwärts/seitwärts wegstrecken, beispielsweise um zu werfen oder zu schlagen, ein Bein nach hinten strecken, beispielsweise für einen Torschuss; sich vorbereiten auf etwas
- 2lange Schritte machen
- 3etwas ausführlich erklären
- 4jemanden (manchmal heimlich) ausfragen/aushorchen
- 5die Liek eines Segels an einem Baum (beispielsweise dem Großbaum, Besanbaum, einer Rah) strecken/durchsetzen
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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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Using “ausholen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-H-O-L-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.