Ausschau
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaʊ̯/
Ausschau is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-A-U (8 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschau is a German feminine noun meaning “lookout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Schauen nach etwas, meistens in der Erwartung etwas (spezielles) zu finden”.
What does Ausschau mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelookout
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Schauen nach etwas, meistens in der Erwartung etwas (spezielles) zu finden
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Ausschau?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaʊ̯/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ausschau in German?
Ausschau appears 3.5 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).