Ausmerzung
German, noun[ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sʊŋ]
Ausmerzung is spelled A-U-S-M-E-R-Z-U-N-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausmerzung is a German feminine noun meaning “weeding out, elimination, eradication” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “restlose Beseitigung von etwas”.
What does Ausmerzung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineweeding out, elimination, eradication
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. restlose Beseitigung von etwas
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 Ausmerzung
- Ausmerzungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ausmerzung?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌmɛʁt͡sʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ausmerzung in German?
Ausmerzung appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).