ausstrecken

[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]

/[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“ausstrecken” is uncommon German (frequency #55,152 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,152
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Körperteil möglichst gerade von Körper wegbewegen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ausstrecken · ausstrecken · German

ausstrecken · rank #55,152 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,152
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH aussucht

Nearest frequency peer: aussucht (+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 „ausstrecken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ausstrecken
PropertyValue
Headwordausstrecken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]
Letters11
Frequency rank#55,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ausstrecken“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ausstreckenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „aussucht“ (#55,153), „Ausschnitten“ (#55,150), „Austauschschüler“ (#55,154). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „ausstrecken“ bei #55,152. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ausstrecken is uncommon German at frequency #55,152 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌʃtʁɛkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for ausstrecken in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 ausstrecken, spelled A-U-S-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ich habe einen Krampf im Bein und muss es jetzt einmal ausstrecken.
  2. „Sie ergriff die Hand, die er lächelnd nach ihr ausstreckte: kalt und feucht, die Finger schwach.“

This word in other languages

stretch out(English)tendre(Français)

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 "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?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ausschaltet#55,149ausbreitete#55,146aufzuzählen#55,144balancieren#55,162

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list