auslangen
German, verb
auslangen is spelled A-U-S-L-A-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auslangen is a German verb meaning “to haul off (to draw back the arm in order to punch)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auslangen is a different word: “livelihood”.
What does auslangen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto haul off (to draw back the arm in order to punch)
- 2
to last, to suffice, to be enough
noun
- 1
neutergerund of auslangen
- 2
Austrianeuterlivelihood
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of auslangen
- langt aus present singular third-person
- langte aus past
- ausgelangt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auslangend participle present
- auszulangen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lange aus first-person indicative present
- langen aus first-person indicative plural
- langst aus indicative present second-person
- langest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- langet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- langten aus first-person indicative plural
- langtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- langtet aus indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is auslangen in German?
auslangen appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).