ausmerzen
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛrtsən/
ausmerzen is spelled A-U-S-M-E-R-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausmerzen is a German verb meaning “to weed out, exterminate, remove entirely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten”.
What does ausmerzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to weed out, exterminate, remove entirely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten
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 ausmerzen
- merzt aus present singular third-person
- merzte aus past
- ausgemerzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausmerzend participle present
- auszumerzen infinitive infinitive-zu
- merze aus first-person indicative present
- merzen aus first-person indicative plural
- merzest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- merzet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- merzten aus first-person indicative plural
- merztest aus indicative preterite second-person
- merztet aus indicative plural preterite
- merz aus! imperative singular
- merze aus! imperative singular
- merzt aus! imperative plural
- ausgemerzt haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgemerzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausmerzen?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛrtsən/
- [ˈʔaʊ̯sˌmɛʁ.t͡sn̩]
- [-ˌmɛɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausmerzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausmerzen in German?
ausmerzen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).