Ausschweifung
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ausschweifung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - Maßlosigkeit in sexueller Hinsicht oder sonstigen Genüssen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausschweifung · Ausschweifung · German
Ausschweifung · 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 | Ausschweifung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fʊŋ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ausschweifung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ausschweifung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃvaɪ̯fʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maßlosigkeit in sexueller Hinsicht oder sonstigen Genüssen".
Ausschweifung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ausschweifung, spelled A-U-S-S-C-H-W-E-I-F-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Maßlosigkeit in sexueller Hinsicht oder sonstigen Genüssen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ausschweifung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Berichte über Ausschweifungen in der Heimat, während Ehemänner und Väter an der Front weilten, waren über fast jeden größeren Ort in Deutschland im Umlauf.“
„Napoleon setzte den Ausschweifungen der Bourbonen ein Ende, als er 1799 den neapolitanischen Teil des Königreichs eroberte.“
This word in other languages
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.