ausspähen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən]
The verdict
“ausspähen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #63,131 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #63,131
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas beobachten, um Information zu gewinnen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausspähen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ausspähen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ausspähen is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,131 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ausspähen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ausspähen, spelled A-U-S-S-P-Ä-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden oder etwas beobachten, um Information zu gewinnen
- 2suchend schauen, ob man etwas Erwartetes sehen kann
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ausspähen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is A-U-S-S-P-Ä-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.