ausspannen

[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən]/ verb

The verdict

“ausspannen” is uncommon German (frequency #54,349 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,349
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zugtiere vom gezogenen Fahrzeug trennen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausspannen · ausspannen · German

ausspannen · rank #54,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,349
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH ausländischem

Nearest frequency peer: ausländischem (-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 „ausspannen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausspannen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausspannen
PropertyValue
Headwordausspannen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,349
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausspannen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ausspannenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ausländischem“ (#54,348), „Aussprachen“ (#54,350), „Ausgleichs“ (#54,347). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausspannen“ bei #54,349. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausspannen is uncommon German at frequency #54,349 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ausspannen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ausspannen, spelled A-U-S-S-P-A-N-N-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zugtiere vom gezogenen Fahrzeug trennen
  2. 2
    sich eine Zeit der Ruhe gönnen
  3. 3
    den Partner wegnehmen, abspenstig machen
  4. 4
    Extremitäten ausstrecken

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ausspannen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Knecht mußte ein Pferd ausspannen, obwohl er mißmutig in seinen Bart brummte und nur widerwillig dem Befehl seiner Herrin gehorchte.“
  2. „Eigentlich wollen Sie doch einfach auch mal nur die Seele baumeln lassen, sich erholen und ausspannen.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausspannen"?
"ausspannen" is spelled A-U-S-S-P-A-N-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən].
What does "ausspannen" mean?
As a verb, "ausspannen" means: Zugtiere vom gezogenen Fahrzeug trennen
How do you pronounce "ausspannen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausspannen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃpanən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausspannen" come from?
"ausspannen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ausspannen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list