auskoffern
[ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔfɐn]
The verdict
“auskoffern” 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) - einen vertieften Raum durch Aushebung von Erdreich herstellen, der die tragende Packlage oder Steinschüttung [oder etwas Ähnliches] aufnimmt
Corpus desk
Index DE-auskoffern · auskoffern · German
auskoffern · 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 | auskoffern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔfɐn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auskoffern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auskoffern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔfɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for auskoffern in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is auskoffern, spelled A-U-S-K-O-F-F-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1einen vertieften Raum durch Aushebung von Erdreich herstellen, der die tragende Packlage oder Steinschüttung [oder etwas Ähnliches] aufnimmt
- 2einen Gegenstand aus einem Koffer herausnehmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auskoffern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Bodenaushub zur Aufnahme der Befestigung entspricht (im Querschnitt gesehen) gewöhnlich der Seitenansicht eines Koffers (4.1.8). Deshalb spricht man häufig von Auskofferung oder auskoffern.“
Unter der neuen Garage wurde das Gelände bis auf eine Tiefe von etwa sieben Metern ausgekoffert.
Antonyms
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.