ausstehen
German, verb/ˈaʊsˌʃteːən/
ausstehen is spelled A-U-S-S-T-E-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausstehen is a German verb meaning “to stand, to endure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “erwartet werden, aber noch fehlen”.
What does ausstehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stand, to endure
- 2
to be pending
- 3
to be overdue
- 4
to be displayed for sale
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. erwartet werden, aber noch fehlen 2. etwas ertragen, durchhalten
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ausstehen
- steht aus present singular third-person
- stand aus past
- ausgestanden participle past
- stände aus past subjunctive
- stünde aus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- ausstehend participle present
- auszustehen infinitive infinitive-zu
- stehe aus first-person indicative present
- stehen aus first-person indicative plural
- stehst aus indicative present second-person
- stehest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- stehet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- standen aus first-person indicative plural
- ständen aus first-person plural subjunctive
- stünden aus first-person plural subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausstehen?
- /ˈaʊsˌʃteːən/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃteːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausstehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausstehen in German?
ausstehen appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).