ausmerzen

[ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausmerzen” is uncommon German (frequency #73,266 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,266
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausmerzen · ausmerzen · German

ausmerzen · rank #73,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,266
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ausrichtungen

Nearest frequency peer: Ausrichtungen (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausmerzen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausmerzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausmerzen
PropertyValue
Headwordausmerzen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#73,266
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausmerzen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).ausmerzenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ausrichtungen“ (#73,267), „ausgewachsener“ (#73,264), „ausgesprochener“ (#73,263). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausmerzen“ bei #73,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausmerzen is uncommon German at frequency #73,266 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ausmerzen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ausmerzen, spelled A-U-S-M-E-R-Z-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ausmerzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Manche Fehler sind einfach nicht auszumerzen.

This word in other languages

eliminate(English)erradicar(Español)éliminer(Français)erradicar(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausmerzen"?
"ausmerzen" is spelled A-U-S-M-E-R-Z-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩].
What does "ausmerzen" mean?
As a verb, "ausmerzen" means: ausrotten, an der Verbreitung hindern, vollständig vernichten
How do you pronounce "ausmerzen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausmerzen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausmerzen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausmerzen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aufsuchte#73,257Aufmacher#73,253aufgeilen#73,250Apollonia#73,241

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list