ausspähen
[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən]
The verdict
“ausspähen” is uncommon German (frequency #63,131 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,131
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden oder etwas beobachten, um Information zu gewinnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausspahen · ausspähen · German
ausspähen · rank #63,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,131
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH Auswüchsen
Nearest frequency peer: Auswüchsen (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausspähen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ausloten
ausloten
36,874 corpus weight
- Ausrüstungs…
Ausrüstungsgegenstände
36,872 corpus weight
- ausspähen
ausspähen
36,870 corpus weight
- Auswüchsen
Auswüchsen
36,869 corpus weight
- auszählen
auszählen
36,868 corpus weight
- Autofahrten
Autofahrten
36,867 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausspähen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausspähen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausspähen is uncommon German at frequency #63,131 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpɛːən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausspähen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Abends spähten die beiden aus, wie man am besten ungesehen zur Garage kommen könnte.
Die hat sogar die Bankkonten der eigenen Eltern ausgespäht!
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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