ausscheren
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃeːʁən]
ausscheren is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-E-R-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 110,302nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausscheren is a German verb meaning “to sheer, sheer out (move away from a course, leave a formation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den eingeschlagenen Weg (in einer Gruppe zusammen mit anderen, zum Beispiel in einer Fahrzeugschlange…”.
What does ausscheren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sheer, sheer out (move away from a course, leave a formation)
- 2
to veer off, change lanes
- 3
to swerve from, step out of (e.g. a party line)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den eingeschlagenen Weg (in einer Gruppe zusammen mit anderen, zum Beispiel in einer Fahrzeugschlange, Kolonne, Formation) verlassen 2. die gemeinsame Auffassung oder Handlungsweise nicht länger mittragen, seinen eigenen Weg gehen 3. von Anderem absondern
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 ausscheren
- schert aus present singular third-person
- scherte aus past
- ausgeschert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- ausscherend participle present
- auszuscheren infinitive infinitive-zu
- schere aus first-person indicative present
- scheren aus first-person indicative plural
- scherst aus indicative present second-person
- scherest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- scheret aus plural second-person subjunctive
- scherten aus first-person indicative plural
- schertest aus indicative preterite second-person
- schertet aus indicative plural preterite
- scher aus! imperative singular
- schere aus! imperative singular
- schert aus! imperative plural
- ausgeschert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausscheren?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃeːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausscheren
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausscheren in German?
ausscheren appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).