ausmachen

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,393

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

ausmachen is aGermanverb. It means: ein Gerät (Lampe, Heizung, Elektrogerät etc.) abschalten, ein Feuer löschen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩]. It ranks #6,393 in German word frequency. Often confused with ausmacht and ausmalen.

Key facts for ausmachen
PropertyValue
Headwordausmachen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,393
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ausmachen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ausmachen is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,393 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for ausmachen, with forms such as "asumachen", "aumsachen", and "ausamchen". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "ausmacht", "ausmalen", "aussahen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ausmachen, spelled A-U-S-M-A-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gerät (Lampe, Heizung, Elektrogerät etc.) abschalten, ein Feuer löschen
  2. 2
    eine Vereinbarung treffen; einen Termin festsetzen
  3. 3
    ein Spiel mit finalen Zug oder eine Angelegenheit beenden
  4. 4
    das Wesentliche an etwas sein
  5. 5
    eine bestimmte Menge darstellen
  6. 6
    mit Dativ-Objekt: durch etwas gestört werden, jemandem etwas bedeuten
  7. 7
    etwas entfernt liegendes erkennen
  8. 8
    veraltet, ostmitteldeutsch: etwas herausnehmen, meist aus der Erde
  9. 9
    etwas austragen, abmachen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asumachen,aumsachen,ausamchen,ausmacchen,ausmacehn,ausmachenn,ausmachhen,ausmachne,ausmahcen,ausmcahen,ausmmachen,aussmachen,uasmachen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ausmachen

Misspelling Variants of "ausmachen"

asumachen9aumsachen9ausamchen9ausmacchen10ausmacehn9ausmachenn10ausmachhen10ausmachne9
Misspelling Variants of "ausmachen"

Frequency rank: #6,393 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausmachen"?
"ausmachen" is spelled A-U-S-M-A-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩].
What does "ausmachen" mean?
As a verb, "ausmachen" means: ein Gerät (Lampe, Heizung, Elektrogerät etc.) abschalten, ein Feuer löschen
What words are commonly confused with "ausmachen"?
"ausmachen" is commonly confused with "ausmacht", "ausmalen", "aussahen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ausmachen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausmachen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaxn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausmachen" come from?
"ausmachen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.