ausleihen
German, verb
ausleihen is spelled A-U-S-L-E-I-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausleihen is a German verb meaning “to borrow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ausleihen is a different word: “gerund of ausleihen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemand(em) etwas borgen”.
What does ausleihen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to borrow
Man kann Bücher aus der Bibliothek ausleihen.
- 2
to lend
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ausleihen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemand(em) etwas borgen 2. sich etwas borgen
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 ausleihen
- leiht aus present singular third-person
- lieh aus past
- ausgeliehen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- ausleihend participle present
- auszuleihen infinitive infinitive-zu
- leihe aus first-person indicative present
- leihen aus first-person indicative plural
- leihst aus indicative present second-person
- leihest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- leihet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- liehen aus first-person indicative plural
- liehe aus first-person formal rare
- liehst aus indicative preterite second-person
- lieht aus indicative plural preterite
- liehest aus formal rare second-person
- liehet aus formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ausleihen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausleihen in German?
ausleihen appears 3.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).