ausschmücken
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkn̩]
The verdict
“ausschmücken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Raum für eine Feier schmücken, herrichten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschmucken · ausschmücken · German
ausschmücken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 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 | ausschmücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausschmücken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausschmücken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ausschmücken doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ausschmücken, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-M-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1einen Raum für eine Feier schmücken, herrichten
- 2eine Erzählung/einen Bericht mit weiteren Einzelheiten anreichern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausschmücken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wir müssen noch die Halle für die Feier ausschmücken.
Er schmückt seine Erzählungen immer ein bisschen zu viel aus.
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.