ausmalen
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌmaːlən/
ausmalen is spelled A-U-S-M-A-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausmalen is a German verb meaning “to color, to paint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Innenraum kolorieren”.
What does ausmalen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to color, to paint
- 2
to imagine, to picture
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Innenraum kolorieren 2. sich eine Vorstellung von etwas machen
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 ausmalen
- malt aus present singular third-person
- malte aus past
- ausgemalt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausmalend participle present
- auszumalen infinitive infinitive-zu
- male aus first-person indicative present
- malen aus first-person indicative plural
- malst aus indicative present second-person
- malest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- malet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- malten aus first-person indicative plural
- maltest aus indicative preterite second-person
- maltet aus indicative plural preterite
- mal aus! imperative singular
- male aus! imperative singular
- malt aus! imperative plural
- ausgemalt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausmalen?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌmaːlən/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌmaːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausmalen in German?
ausmalen appears 1.8 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).