ausloten
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌloːtn̩/
ausloten is spelled A-U-S-L-O-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausloten is a German verb meaning “to measure water depth (primarily with a plummet)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Wassertiefe bestimmen (ursprünglich mit einem Lot)”.
What does ausloten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to measure water depth (primarily with a plummet)
- 2
to measure vertical height (primarily with a plummet)
- 3
to comprehend something, to investigate something, to get to the bottom of something, to dig deeper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Wassertiefe bestimmen (ursprünglich mit einem Lot) 2. die Senkrechte bestimmen (ursprünglich mit einem Lot) 3. etwas ergründen
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 ausloten
- lotet aus present singular third-person
- lotete aus past
- ausgelotet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- auslotend participle present
- auszuloten infinitive infinitive-zu
- lote aus first-person indicative present
- loten aus first-person indicative plural
- lotest aus indicative present second-person
- loteten aus first-person indicative plural
- lotetest aus indicative preterite second-person
- lotetet aus indicative plural preterite
- lot aus! imperative singular
- lote aus! imperative singular
- lotet aus! imperative plural
- ausgelotet haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgelotet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- ausgelotet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausloten?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌloːtn̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌloːtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausloten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausloten in German?
ausloten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).