auskosten

[ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“auskosten” is uncommon German (frequency #62,206 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,206
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intensiv bis zum Schluss genießen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auskosten · auskosten · German

auskosten · rank #62,206 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,206
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausladen

Nearest frequency peer: ausladen (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „auskosten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „auskosten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auskosten
PropertyValue
Headwordauskosten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,206
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auskosten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.auskostenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausladen“ (#62,207), „ausfallend“ (#62,204), „Augusto“ (#62,203). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auskosten“ bei #62,206. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auskosten is uncommon German at frequency #62,206 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for auskosten in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is auskosten, spelled A-U-S-K-O-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    intensiv bis zum Schluss genießen
  2. 2
    eine schwierige Situation bis zum Schluss ertragen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how auskosten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Ich wollte mein Studentenleben bis zum Letzten auskosten – das rächt sich nun.“
  2. „Der 1933 geborene Ilya Kabakov, mit seinen verschmitzten Augen im runden Gesicht geradezu das Urbild des gütigen Großvaters, hat die Absurditäten des Sowjetreiches auf dem steinigen Weg zum Künstlerdasein wahrlich auskosten müssen.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auskosten"?
"auskosten" is spelled A-U-S-K-O-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩].
What does "auskosten" mean?
As a verb, "auskosten" means: intensiv bis zum Schluss genießen
How do you pronounce "auskosten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auskosten" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌkɔstn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auskosten" come from?
"auskosten" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "auskosten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Balkontür#62,213auftanken#62,197Baufirmen#62,217aufblasen#62,190

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list