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auskehren

German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌkeːʁən/

auskehren is spelled A-U-S-K-E-H-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auskehren is a German verb meaning “to sweep out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen abgeschlossenen Bereich fegen”.

What does auskehren mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to sweep out

verb

  1. 1

    archaicto exit, to leave

  2. 2

    datedto pay out

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. einen abgeschlossenen Bereich fegen 2. einen Geldbetrag auszahlen 3. Kleidungsstücke ausbürsten

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 auskehren

  • kehrt aus present singular third-person
  • kehrte aus past
  • ausgekehrt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • auskehrend participle present
  • auszukehren infinitive infinitive-zu
  • kehre aus first-person indicative present
  • kehren aus first-person indicative plural
  • kehrst aus indicative present second-person
  • kehrest aus second-person singular subjunctive
  • kehret aus plural second-person subjunctive
  • kehrten aus first-person indicative plural
  • kehrtest aus indicative preterite second-person
  • kehrtet aus indicative plural preterite
  • kehr aus! imperative singular
  • kehre aus! imperative singular
  • kehrt aus! imperative plural
  • ausgekehrt haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce auskehren?

  • /ˈaʊ̯sˌkeːʁən/
  • [-keːɐ̯n]
  • [ˈaʊ̯sˌkeːʁən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is auskehren in German?

auskehren appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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