ausleuchten

[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausleuchten” is uncommon German (frequency #86,210 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,210
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas vollständig beleuchten

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausleuchten · ausleuchten · German

ausleuchten · rank #86,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,210
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH auskotzen

Nearest frequency peer: auskotzen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausleuchten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausleuchten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausleuchten
PropertyValue
Headwordausleuchten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#86,210
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausleuchten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ausleuchtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „auskotzen“ (#86,209), „Ausnahmesituationen“ (#86,211), „ausgespannt“ (#86,208). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausleuchten“ bei #86,210. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausleuchten is uncommon German at frequency #86,210 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

ausleuchten doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ausleuchten, spelled A-U-S-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas vollständig beleuchten
  2. 2
    etwas zur Gänze erforschen, aufklären

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ausleuchten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Raum ist noch nicht vollständig ausgeleuchtet.
  2. „Ich habe darüber hinaus den Generalinspekteur angewiesen, das militärische Umfeld des Beschuldigten auf weitere extremistische und fremdenfeindliche Tendenzen auszuleuchten, aber auch intensiv der Frage nachzugehen, warum existierende Hinweise auf problematische Tendenzen über so lange Zeit in der Truppe folgenlos bleiben konnten.“

Antonyms

verdunkelnverdeckenvernebeln

This word in other languages

illuminate(English)éclairer(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausleuchten"?
"ausleuchten" is spelled A-U-S-L-E-U-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩].
What does "ausleuchten" mean?
As a verb, "ausleuchten" means: etwas vollständig beleuchten
How do you pronounce "ausleuchten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausleuchten" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌlɔɪ̯çtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausleuchten" come from?
"ausleuchten" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausleuchten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausgespannt#86,208ausgemistet#86,206aufgelauert#86,195aufgegebene#86,194

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list