ausklügeln
[ˈaʊ̯sˌklyːɡl̩n]
The verdict
“ausklügeln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bis in die Details wohl überdacht und abgestimmt planen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausklugeln · ausklügeln · German
ausklügeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ausklügeln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌklyːɡl̩n] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausklügeln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausklügeln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌklyːɡl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bis in die Details wohl überdacht und abgestimmt planen".
ausklügeln has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ausklügeln, spelled A-U-S-K-L-Ü-G-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1bis in die Details wohl überdacht und abgestimmt planen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausklügeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Jungs haben ein bombensicheres System ausgeklügelt, mit dem man die Kontrolle umgehen kann.
„Ich lasse das Herz sprechen und schreiben und bin stets der Meinung gewesen, daß das, was aus dem Herzen kommt, viel klüger ist als das, was der spitzfindige Verstand erst auszuklügeln hat.“
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.