austoben
German, verb/ˈaʊ̯sˌtoːbn̩/
austoben is spelled A-U-S-T-O-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Austoben is a German verb meaning “to romp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “körperlich aktiv sein; wild Bewegungsspiele spielen”.
What does austoben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to romp
- 2
to live it up
- 3
to run riot; to let off steam
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. körperlich aktiv sein; wild Bewegungsspiele spielen 2. die gespeicherte Energie abbauen 3. alles das tun, was man jungen Menschen vor dem Erwachsensein und einer festen Partnerschaft zugesteht 4. extensiv einer Leidenschaft nachgehen
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 austoben
- tobt aus present singular third-person
- tobte aus past
- ausgetobt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- austobend participle present
- auszutoben infinitive infinitive-zu
- tobe aus first-person indicative present
- toben aus first-person indicative plural
- tobst aus indicative present second-person
- tobest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- tobet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- tobten aus first-person indicative plural
- tobtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- tobtet aus indicative plural preterite
- tob aus! imperative singular
- tobe aus! imperative singular
- tobt aus! imperative plural
- sich austoben infinitive present not-extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce austoben?
- /ˈaʊ̯sˌtoːbn̩/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌtoːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is austoben in German?
austoben 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).