ausloben
German, verb
ausloben is spelled A-U-S-L-O-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausloben is a German verb meaning “to offer (e.g., a reward, a prize, an award, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ausloben is a different word: “gerund of ausloben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Belohnung für die Vornahme einer Handlung, insbesondere die Herbeiführung eines Erfolges, aussetzen”.
What does ausloben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to offer (e.g., a reward, a prize, an award, etc.)
- 2
to call on, to organise, to invite to (e.g., a competition, a prize, a sponsorhip, etc.)
- 3
to declare (e.g., ingredients on a menu)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ausloben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Belohnung für die Vornahme einer Handlung, insbesondere die Herbeiführung eines Erfolges, aussetzen
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 ausloben
- lobt aus present singular third-person
- lobte aus past
- ausgelobt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auslobend participle present
- auszuloben infinitive infinitive-zu
- lobe aus first-person indicative present
- loben aus first-person indicative plural
- lobst aus indicative present second-person
- lobest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- lobet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- lobten aus first-person indicative plural
- lobtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- lobtet aus indicative plural preterite
- lob aus! imperative singular
- lobe aus! imperative singular
- lobt aus! imperative plural
- ausgelobt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is ausloben in German?
ausloben appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).