auslösen
German, verb
auslösen is spelled A-U-S-L-Ö-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auslösen is a German verb meaning “to trigger, to initiate, to cause” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, auslosen is a different word: “to draw; to select by chance”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in Gang/in Bewegung setzen”.
What does auslösen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to trigger, to initiate, to cause
- 2
to ransom
verb
- 1
to draw; to select by chance
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in Gang/in Bewegung setzen 2. Lösegeld für eine Geisel zahlen
verb: 1. etwas durch Zufallsentscheid ermitteln
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 auslösen
- löst aus present singular third-person
- löste aus past
- ausgelöst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auslösend participle present
- auszulösen infinitive infinitive-zu
- löse aus first-person indicative present
- lösen aus first-person indicative plural
- lösest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- löset aus plural second-person subjunctive
- lösten aus first-person indicative plural
- löstest aus indicative preterite second-person
- löstet aus indicative plural preterite
- löse aus! imperative singular
- löst aus! imperative plural
- ausgelöst haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgelöst werden processual-passive infinitive present
- ausgelöst worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to auslösen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auslösen in German?
auslösen appears 8.7 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).