ausstrecken

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#55,152

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

ausstrecken is aGermanverb. It means: einen Körperteil möglichst gerade von Körper wegbewegen Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩].

Key facts for ausstrecken
PropertyValue
Headwordausstrecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for ausstrecken is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,152 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for ausstrecken 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 ausstrecken, spelled A-U-S-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    einen Körperteil möglichst gerade von Körper wegbewegen
  2. 2
    sich lang hinlegen

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #55,152 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ausstrecken"?
"ausstrecken" is spelled A-U-S-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩].
What does "ausstrecken" mean?
As a verb, "ausstrecken" means: einen Körperteil möglichst gerade von Körper wegbewegen
How do you pronounce "ausstrecken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ausstrecken" is [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ausstrecken" come from?
"ausstrecken" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.