Ausnahmeerscheinung
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ/
Ausnahmeerscheinung is spelled A-U-S-N-A-H-M-E-E-R-S-C-H-E-I-N-U-N-G (19 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausnahmeerscheinung is a German feminine noun meaning “exceptional case, rare bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das sich von anderen Dingen gleicher Art/Kategorie auffällig unterscheidet”.
What does Ausnahmeerscheinung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexceptional case, rare bird
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. etwas, das sich von anderen Dingen gleicher Art/Kategorie auffällig unterscheidet
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 Ausnahmeerscheinung
- Ausnahmeerscheinungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ausnahmeerscheinung?
- /ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ/
- [ˈaʊ̯snaːməʔɛɐ̯ˌʃaɪ̯nʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ausnahmeerscheinung in German?
Ausnahmeerscheinung appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).