ausschaffen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃafn̩]
The verdict
“ausschaffen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden abschieben, ausweisen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschaffen · ausschaffen · German
ausschaffen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | ausschaffen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃafn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausschaffen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausschaffen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃafn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ausschaffen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ausschaffen, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden abschieben, ausweisen
- 2jemanden/etwas fortschaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausschaffen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eine knappe Mehrheit des Schweizervolks will verurteilte Ausländer automatisch ausschaffen.“
„Nun beginnt das Feilschen darum, welche kriminellen Ausländer ausgeschafft werden und welche nicht.“
This word in other languages
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.