ausschleichen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“ausschleichen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine therapeutische Maßnahme, insbesondere die Medikamentendosis, zum Ende der Therapie hin allmählich reduzieren, um Entzugserscheinungen gering zu halten; langsam absetzen/reduzieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschleichen · ausschleichen · German
ausschleichen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | ausschleichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausschleichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausschleichen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃlaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine therapeutische Maßnahme, insbesondere die Medikamentendosis, zum Ende der Therapie hin allmählich reduzieren, um Entzugserscheinungen gering zu halten; langsam absetzen/reduzieren".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ausschleichen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ausschleichen, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1eine therapeutische Maßnahme, insbesondere die Medikamentendosis, zum Ende der Therapie hin allmählich reduzieren, um Entzugserscheinungen gering zu halten; langsam absetzen/reduzieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausschleichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Psychopharmaka ist ein Ausschleichen anzuraten.
Die Ärztin verordnete eine ausschleichende Dosierung über einige Monate hinweg.
Antonyms
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.