ausprägen
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌpʁɛːɡn̩]
ausprägen is spelled A-U-S-P-R-Ä-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausprägen is a German verb meaning “to develop (a characteristic)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Merkmale entwickeln”.
What does ausprägen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to develop (a characteristic)
- 2
to mint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Merkmale entwickeln 2. Münzen prägen
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 ausprägen
- prägt aus present singular third-person
- prägte aus past
- ausgeprägt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausprägend participle present
- auszuprägen infinitive infinitive-zu
- präge aus first-person indicative present
- prägen aus first-person indicative plural
- prägst aus indicative present second-person
- prägest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- präget aus plural second-person subjunctive
- prägten aus first-person indicative plural
- prägtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- prägtet aus indicative plural preterite
- präge aus! imperative singular
- präg aus! imperative singular
- prägt aus! imperative plural
- ausgeprägt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausprägen?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌpʁɛːɡn̩]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌpʁeːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausprägen in German?
ausprägen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).