Auslaut
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯sˌlaʊ̯t/
Auslaut is spelled A-U-S-L-A-U-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 172,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auslaut is a German masculine noun meaning “the position of a sound at the end of a word” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “letzter Laut eines Wortes oder einer Silbe”.
What does Auslaut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe position of a sound at the end of a word
- 2
masculinethe position of a sound at the end of a syllable
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. letzter Laut eines Wortes oder einer Silbe 2. Gruppe von Lauten nach dem Silbengipfel
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 Auslaut
- Auslautes genitive
- Auslauts genitive
- Auslaute plural
- Auslauten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Auslaut?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌlaʊ̯t/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌlaʊ̯t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Auslaut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Auslaut in German?
Auslaut appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).