ausschweifend
German, adjective/ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fn̩t/
ausschweifend is spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-W-E-I-F-E-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausschweifend is a German adjective meaning “dissolute, debauched, dissipated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of ausschweifen (“to digress, to wander”). The German Wiktionary defines it as “über das normale Maß verschwenderisch”.
What does ausschweifend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dissolute, debauched, dissipated
verb
- 1
present participle of ausschweifen (“to digress, to wander”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. über das normale Maß verschwenderisch
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 ausschweifend
- ausschweifender masculine nominative singular
- am ausschweifendsten superlative
- ausschweifende feminine nominative singular
- ausschweifendes neuter nominative singular
- ausschweifenden genitive masculine singular
- ausschweifendem dative masculine singular
- der ausschweifende definite includes-article masculine
- die ausschweifende definite feminine includes-article
- das ausschweifende definite includes-article neuter
- die ausschweifenden definite includes-article nominative
- des ausschweifenden definite genitive includes-article
- der ausschweifenden definite feminine genitive
- dem ausschweifenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausschweifend?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fn̩t/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausschweifend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausschweifend in German?
ausschweifend appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).