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ausknocken

German, verb/ˈaʊsnɔkən/

ausknocken is spelled A-U-S-K-N-O-C-K-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written German, the 326,119th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausknocken is a German verb meaning “to knock out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Gegner durch Knock-out besiegen”.

What does ausknocken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to knock out

    Er hat seinen Gegner schnell ausgeknockt.

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. den Gegner durch Knock-out besiegen 2. übertrumpfen, übertreffen, ausstechen

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 ausknocken

  • knockt aus present singular third-person
  • knockte aus past
  • ausgeknockt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • ausknockend participle present
  • auszuknocken infinitive infinitive-zu
  • knocke aus first-person indicative present
  • knocken aus first-person indicative plural
  • knockst aus indicative present second-person
  • knockest aus second-person singular subjunctive
  • knocket aus plural second-person subjunctive
  • knockten aus first-person indicative plural
  • knocktest aus indicative preterite second-person
  • knocktet aus indicative plural preterite
  • knocke aus! imperative singular
  • knockt aus! imperative plural
  • ausgeknockt haben active infinitive perfect
  • ausgeknockt werden processual-passive infinitive present

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

How do you pronounce ausknocken?

  • /ˈaʊsnɔkən/
  • [ˈaʊ̯sˌnɔkn̩]

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

How common is ausknocken in German?

ausknocken appears about once in every 31 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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