ausrotten
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌʁɔtən/
ausrotten is spelled A-U-S-R-O-T-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausrotten is a German verb meaning “to root out, to eradicate, to extirpate, to purge, to remove entirely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vollständig vernichten oder beseitigen, so dass sie nicht mehr natürlich vorkommt; alle Vertreter einer Art…”.
What does ausrotten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to root out, to eradicate, to extirpate, to purge, to remove entirely
- 2
to exterminate, to kill off, to stamp out, to cause to become extinct
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vollständig vernichten oder beseitigen, so dass sie nicht mehr natürlich vorkommt; alle Vertreter einer Art vernichten 2. mit Engagement zum Verschwinden bringen
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 ausrotten
- rottet aus present singular third-person
- rottete aus past
- ausgerottet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausrottend participle present
- auszurotten infinitive infinitive-zu
- rotte aus first-person indicative present
- rotten aus first-person indicative plural
- rottest aus indicative present second-person
- rotteten aus first-person indicative plural
- rottetest aus indicative preterite second-person
- rottetet aus indicative plural preterite
- rotte aus! imperative singular
- rottet aus! imperative plural
- ausgerottet haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgerottet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- ausgerottet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
- ausgerottet sein statal-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausrotten?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌʁɔtən/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁɔtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausrotten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausrotten in German?
ausrotten appears 1.0 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).