ausschlaggebend
German, adjective[ˈʔaʊ̯sʃlaːkˌɡeːbm̩t]
ausschlaggebend is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-L-A-G-G-E-B-E-N-D (15 letters) and appears 5.6 times per million words in written German, the 11,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschlaggebend is a German adjective meaning “decisive, crucial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf etwas sehr großen Einfluss habend; etwas entscheidend bestimmend”.
What does ausschlaggebend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decisive, crucial
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. auf etwas sehr großen Einfluss habend; etwas entscheidend bestimmend
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 ausschlaggebend
- ausschlaggebender masculine nominative singular
- ausschlaggebende feminine nominative singular
- ausschlaggebendes neuter nominative singular
- ausschlaggebenden genitive masculine singular
- ausschlaggebendem dative masculine singular
- der ausschlaggebende definite includes-article masculine
- die ausschlaggebende definite feminine includes-article
- das ausschlaggebende definite includes-article neuter
- die ausschlaggebenden definite includes-article nominative
- des ausschlaggebenden definite genitive includes-article
- der ausschlaggebenden definite feminine genitive
- dem ausschlaggebenden dative definite includes-article
- den ausschlaggebenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausschlaggebend?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯sʃlaːkˌɡeːbm̩t]
- [ˈʔaʊ̯sʃlaːkˌɡeːbənt]
- [ˈaʊ̯sʃlaːkˌɡeːbn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausschlaggebend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausschlaggebend in German?
ausschlaggebend appears 5.6 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).