Ausnahme
German, noun/ˈaɔ̯sˌnaːmɛ/
Ausnahme is spelled A-U-S-N-A-H-M-E (8 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausnahme is a German feminine noun meaning “exception” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Abweichung von einer Regel”.
What does Ausnahme mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexception
- 2
feminineexception (interruption in normal processing, typically caused by an error condition)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Abweichung von einer Regel
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 Ausnahme
- Ausnahmen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ausnahme?
- /ˈaɔ̯sˌnaːmɛ/
- [ɑ̯ɔ̯s-]
- Austria [-nɑːmɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ausnahme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ausnahme in German?
Ausnahme appears 36 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).