auspeitschen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌpaɪ̯t͡ʃn̩]
The verdict
“auspeitschen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #68,023 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #68,023
- frequency rank, German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden mit einer Peitsche schlagen, für gewöhnlich einen Wehrlosen oder Angebundenen als Bestrafung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auspeitschen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌpaɪ̯t͡ʃn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #68,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “auspeitschen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for auspeitschen is 12 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌpaɪ̯t͡ʃn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,023 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "jemanden mit einer Peitsche schlagen, für gewöhnlich einen Wehrlosen oder Angebundenen als Bestrafung".
No misspelling variants are generated for auspeitschen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is auspeitschen, spelled A-U-S-P-E-I-T-S-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden mit einer Peitsche schlagen, für gewöhnlich einen Wehrlosen oder Angebundenen als Bestrafung
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “auspeitschen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-P-E-I-T-S-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌpaɪ̯t͡ʃn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.