austragen
German, verb
austragen is spelled A-U-S-T-R-A-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written German, the 21,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Austragen is a German verb meaning “to (go from house to house and) deliver sth.” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Austragen is a different word: “gerund of austragen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas verschiedenen Empfängern zubringen”.
What does austragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to (go from house to house and) deliver sth.,
Briefe austragen, die Post austragen, die Zeitung oder Brötchen austragen
- 2
to take someone or something off a list
sich aus einer Liste austragen
- 3
to be in or have a struggle for victory with sb. (in any competitive event with another opposing group or person, e.g. a war, a fight, a battle, a duel, a championship, a contest, a match, a (scientifical) debate, a discussion, an argument, an (internal) conflict)
einen Kampf mit jdm. austragen
- 4
to stage, to hold, to execute, to host such a competitive event,
- 5
to bear a child until birth, to gestate
ein Kind austragen
- 6
Austriato insist on (as a condition of something)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of austragen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas verschiedenen Empfängern zubringen 2. eine Auseinandersetzung zur Entscheidung führen 3. ein Kind bis zur Geburt im Mutterleib tragen 4. jemanden oder etwas aus einer Liste streichen
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 austragen
- trägt aus present singular third-person
- trug aus past
- ausgetragen participle past
- trüge aus past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- austragend participle present
- auszutragen infinitive infinitive-zu
- trage aus first-person indicative present
- tragen aus first-person indicative plural
- trägst aus indicative present second-person
- tragt aus indicative plural present
- tragest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- traget aus plural second-person subjunctive
- trugen aus first-person indicative plural
- trügen aus first-person formal plural
- trugst aus indicative preterite second-person
- trugt aus indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to austragen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is austragen in German?
austragen appears 2.4 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).