ausschelten
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃɛltn̩]
The verdict
“ausschelten” 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 heftig beschimpfen, kritisieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschelten · ausschelten · German
ausschelten · 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 | ausschelten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃɛltn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausschelten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausschelten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃɛltn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden heftig beschimpfen, kritisieren".
No misspelling variants are generated for ausschelten in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ausschelten, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-E-L-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden heftig beschimpfen, kritisieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausschelten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein berühmter Zen-Meister Yuän Tung pflegte die Schüler auszuschelten, wenn sie beim Zen-Sitz die Augen schlossen […].“
„Ritterlich versuchte er, seinen Ehepflichten nachzukommen, und ging nach Hause zurück, aber seine böse Frau schalt ihn aus, weil er so lange fortgewesen war.“
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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.