auskundschaften
German, verb
auskundschaften is a German verb meaning “to scout out, to recon, to reconnoiter, to explore” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auskundschaften is a different word: “gerund of auskundschaften”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (heimlich) genauer ansehen/beobachten/untersuchen und so neue Informationen/neues Wissen darüber…”.
What does auskundschaften mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scout out, to recon, to reconnoiter, to explore
noun
- 1
neutergerund of auskundschaften
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (heimlich) genauer ansehen/beobachten/untersuchen und so neue Informationen/neues Wissen darüber erlangen
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 auskundschaften
- kundschaftet aus present singular third-person
- kundschaftete aus past
- ausgekundschaftet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auskundschaftend participle present
- auszukundschaften infinitive infinitive-zu
- kundschafte aus first-person indicative present
- kundschaften aus first-person indicative plural
- kundschaftest aus indicative present second-person
- kundschafteten aus first-person indicative plural
- kundschaftetest aus indicative preterite second-person
- kundschaftetet aus indicative plural preterite
- kundschafte aus! imperative singular
- kundschaftet aus! imperative plural
- ausgekundschaftet haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgekundschaftet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- ausgekundschaftet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- ausgekundschaftet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to auskundschaften
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auskundschaften in German?
auskundschaften appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).