ausstechen

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,960

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ausstechen is aGermanverb. It means: etwas mit einem spitzen Objekt (beispielsweise mit einem Messer) entfernen/zerstören Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩].

Key facts for ausstechen
PropertyValue
Headwordausstechen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,960
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ausstechen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ausstechen is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,960 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ausstechen in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is ausstechen, spelled A-U-S-S-T-E-C-H-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas mit einem spitzen Objekt (beispielsweise mit einem Messer) entfernen/zerstören
  2. 2
    eine gewisse Menge Erde oder anderes festes Material mit einem scharfen Gerät (beispielsweise mit einem Spaten) aus dem umgebenden Material entfernen, meist so, dass scharfe Kanten entstehen
  3. 3
    aus einem ausgerollten Teig für Kekse oder Plätzchen Figuren (beispielsweise Sterne, Monde, Rentiere) mit speziellen Formen (Ausstechformen) bilden
  4. 4
    einen Konkurrenten in den Hintergrund drängen
  5. 5
    den Puck durch eine schnelle Bewegung vom Gegner wegtreiben
  6. 6
    sich bei Arbeitsende/Pausenbeginn an einer Stechuhr abmelden
  7. 7
    eine Flasche leeren/austrinken

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #55,960 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausstechen"?
"ausstechen" is spelled A-U-S-S-T-E-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩].
What does "ausstechen" mean?
As a verb, "ausstechen" means: etwas mit einem spitzen Objekt (beispielsweise mit einem Messer) entfernen/zerstören
How do you pronounce "ausstechen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausstechen" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtɛçn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausstechen" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.