auslaugen
German, verb
auslaugen is spelled A-U-S-L-A-U-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auslaugen is a German verb meaning “to exhaust, sap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auslaugen is a different word: “gerund of auslaugen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Wasser oder Lauge herauslösen”.
What does auslaugen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exhaust, sap
- 2
to leach
noun
- 1
neutergerund of auslaugen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Wasser oder Lauge herauslösen 2. durch Überbelastung erschöpfen, entkräften
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 auslaugen
- laugt aus present singular third-person
- laugte aus past
- ausgelaugt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auslaugend participle present
- auszulaugen infinitive infinitive-zu
- lauge aus first-person indicative present
- laugen aus first-person indicative plural
- laugst aus indicative present second-person
- laugest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- lauget aus plural second-person subjunctive
- laugten aus first-person indicative plural
- laugtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- laugtet aus indicative plural preterite
- lauge aus! imperative singular
- laugt aus! imperative plural
- lauget aus! imperative plural
- ausgelaugt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to auslaugen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auslaugen in German?
auslaugen appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).