auspumpen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌpʊmpn̩]
The verdict
“auspumpen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas (eine Flüssigkeit) entfernen, etwas ausleeren
Corpus desk
Index DE-auspumpen · auspumpen · German
auspumpen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auspumpen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌpʊmpn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auspumpen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auspumpen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌpʊmpn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for auspumpen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is auspumpen, spelled A-U-S-P-U-M-P-E-N.
Definition
- 1mithilfe einer Pumpe etwas (eine Flüssigkeit) entfernen, etwas ausleeren
- 2jemandem oder etwas die Kraft nehmen, erschöpfen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auspumpen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„‚[…] Wer versehentlich E 10 getankt hat, sollte auf keinen Fall losfahren, sondern umgehend den Tank auspumpen lassen.‘“
„Ausgerechnet Josef Mengele war es, der sich in Almas letzten Stunden vergeblich um ihre Gesundung bemühte, ihr den Magen auspumpen ließ und eine Laboruntersuchung ihrer Rückenmarksflüssigkeit anordnete, um festzustellen, woran sie erkrankt war.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.