Ausschaltung
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ausschaltung” is uncommon German (frequency #61,312 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,312
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stilllegung, Abstellung von Funktionen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschaltung · Ausschaltung · German
Ausschaltung · rank #61,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,312
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH ausreichten
Nearest frequency peer: ausreichten (-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 „Ausschaltung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ausgefallen…
ausgefallenes
38,693 corpus weight
- ausgekleidet
ausgekleidet
38,692 corpus weight
- ausgewaschen
ausgewaschen
38,691 corpus weight
- ausreichten
ausreichten
38,690 corpus weight
- Ausschaltung
Ausschaltung
38,689 corpus weight
- Ausstand
Ausstand
38,686 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ausschaltung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ausschaltung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #61,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ausschaltung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ausschaltung is uncommon German at frequency #61,312 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaltʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ausschaltung, 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.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ausschaltung, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-A-L-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Stilllegung, Abstellung von Funktionen
- 2Bekämpfung, Verbot von Organisationen und Unternehmungen
- 3eine Schaltung, die die Aufgabe hat eine Anlage auszuschalten
- 4Ermordung, Eliminierung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ausschaltung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Durch die Ausschaltung diverser Gene kann es passieren, dass es zu Missbildungen kommt.
Die systematische Ausschaltung der Parteien, Vereinen und Gewerkschaften verhalf dem Diktator seine Macht zu stärken.
Antonyms
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ausschaltung", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).