ausruhen
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌʁuːən]
ausruhen is spelled A-U-S-R-U-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausruhen is a German verb meaning “to rest, to recover (through rest and relaxation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich erholen, entspannen”.
What does ausruhen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rest, to recover (through rest and relaxation)
sich auf seinen Lorbeeren ausruhen
- 2
to rest (one's eyes, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich erholen, entspannen 2. (nach einer Anstrengung) Ruhe gönnen
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 ausruhen
- ruht aus present singular third-person
- ruhte aus past
- ausgeruht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausruhend participle present
- auszuruhen infinitive infinitive-zu
- ruhe aus first-person indicative present
- ruhen aus first-person indicative plural
- ruhst aus indicative present second-person
- ruhest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- ruhet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- ruhten aus first-person indicative plural
- ruhtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- ruhtet aus indicative plural preterite
- ruh aus! imperative singular
- ruhe aus! imperative singular
- ruht aus! imperative plural
- ausgeruht haben intransitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausruhen?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʁuːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ausruhen in German?
ausruhen appears 4.3 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).