ausschmücken
German, verb[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkn̩]
ausschmücken is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-M-Ü-C-K-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschmücken is a German verb meaning “to embellish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Raum für eine Feier schmücken, herrichten”.
What does ausschmücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embellish
- 2
to decorate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Raum für eine Feier schmücken, herrichten 2. eine Erzählung/einen Bericht mit weiteren Einzelheiten anreichern
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 ausschmücken
- schmückt aus present singular third-person
- schmückte aus past
- ausgeschmückt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausschmückend participle present
- auszuschmücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- schmücke aus first-person indicative present
- schmücken aus first-person indicative plural
- schmückst aus indicative present second-person
- schmückest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- schmücket aus plural second-person subjunctive
- schmückten aus first-person indicative plural
- schmücktest aus indicative preterite second-person
- schmücktet aus indicative plural preterite
- schmück aus! imperative singular
- schmücke aus! imperative singular
- schmückt aus! imperative plural
- ausgeschmückt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausschmücken?
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkn̩]
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃmʏkŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausschmücken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausschmücken in German?
ausschmücken appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).