Ausrede
German, noun
Ausrede is spelled A-U-S-R-E-D-E (7 letters) and appears 6.8 times per million words in written German, the 9,700th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausrede is a German feminine noun meaning “excuse” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ausrede is a different word: “first-person singular dependent present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “unwahres Argument; Lüge, die in einer Situation der Rechtfertigung oder der Kritik als scheinbare Begründung…”.
What does Ausrede mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineexcuse
Die Größe des Hundes ist keine Ausrede, wenn es darum geht, wie ein Hund gepflegt wird.
verb
- 1
first-person singular dependent present
- 2
first/third-person singular dependent subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unwahres Argument; Lüge, die in einer Situation der Rechtfertigung oder der Kritik als scheinbare Begründung benutzt wird
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 Ausrede
- Ausreden plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ausrede
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ausrede in German?
Ausrede appears 6.8 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).