auskühlen

[ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən]/ verb

The verdict

“auskühlen” is uncommon German (frequency #83,693 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,693
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (jemanden oder etwas) von höherer Temperatur zu tieferer bringen, kühler machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-auskuhlen · auskühlen · German

auskühlen · rank #83,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,693
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausgewanderten

Nearest frequency peer: ausgewanderten (-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 „auskühlen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for auskühlen
PropertyValue
Headwordauskühlen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#83,693
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „auskühlen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausgewanderten“ (#83,692), „Auslieferungen“ (#83,694), „ausgetragene“ (#83,691). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „auskühlen“ bei #83,693. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

auskühlen is uncommon German at frequency #83,693 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

auskühlen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is auskühlen, spelled A-U-S-K-Ü-H-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    (jemanden oder etwas) von höherer Temperatur zu tieferer bringen, kühler machen
  2. 2
    an Wärme verlieren, kühler werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Im Hintergrund heulte der Wind, der durch fast jede Ritze im Haus drang und es völlig auskühlte.“
  2. „Weil die Hände beim Laufen besonders schnell auskühlen, sind Handschuhe bei Frost und Wind unverzichtbar.“

Synonyms

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 "auskühlen"?
"auskühlen" is spelled A-U-S-K-Ü-H-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən].
What does "auskühlen" mean?
As a verb, "auskühlen" means: (jemanden oder etwas) von höherer Temperatur zu tieferer bringen, kühler machen
How do you pronounce "auskühlen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auskühlen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌkyːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auskühlen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list