ausschimpfen
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sʃɪmpfɱ̩/
ausschimpfen is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-I-M-P-F-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschimpfen is a German verb meaning “to scold, to berate, to tell off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden mit lauter Stimme zurechtweisen, jemandem mit lauter Stimme Vorwürfe machen”.
What does ausschimpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scold, to berate, to tell off
er schimpfte uns aus
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden mit lauter Stimme zurechtweisen, jemandem mit lauter Stimme Vorwürfe machen
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 ausschimpfen
- schimpft aus present singular third-person
- schimpfte aus past
- ausgeschimpft participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausschimpfend participle present
- auszuschimpfen infinitive infinitive-zu
- schimpfe aus first-person indicative present
- schimpfen aus first-person indicative plural
- schimpfst aus indicative present second-person
- schimpfest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- schimpfet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- schimpften aus first-person indicative plural
- schimpftest aus indicative preterite second-person
- schimpftet aus indicative plural preterite
- schimpf aus! imperative singular
- schimpfe aus! imperative singular
- schimpft aus! imperative plural
- ausgeschimpft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausschimpfen?
- /ˈaʊ̯sʃɪmpfɱ̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃɪmp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausschimpfen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausschimpfen in German?
ausschimpfen appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).