ausrief

[ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf]/ verb

The verdict

“ausrief” is uncommon German (frequency #91,313 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,313
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausrufen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausrief · ausrief · German

ausrief · rank #91,313 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,313
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH auslöffeln

Nearest frequency peer: auslöffeln (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausrief“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausrief“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausrief
PropertyValue
Headwordausrief
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf]
Letters7
Frequency rank#91,313
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausrief“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ausrieffällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „auslöffeln“ (#91,312), „ausschlachten“ (#91,314), „Auslassung“ (#91,311). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausrief“ bei #91,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausrief is uncommon German at frequency #91,313 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ausrief in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ausrief, spelled A-U-S-R-I-E-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausrufen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausrufen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausrief"?
"ausrief" is spelled A-U-S-R-I-E-F. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf].
What does "ausrief" mean?
As a verb, "ausrief" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv der Nebensatzkonjugation des Verbs ausrufen
How do you pronounce "ausrief"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausrief" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁiːf]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausrief" come from?
"ausrief" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausrief", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list