ausüben
German, verb/ˈʔaʊ̯sʔyːbm̩/
ausüben is spelled A-U-S-Ü-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausüben is a German verb meaning “to practice / practise, to exert” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas vollstrecken, vollführen, etwas zur Wirkung bringen”.
What does ausüben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to practice / practise, to exert
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas vollstrecken, vollführen, etwas zur Wirkung bringen 2. einer Tätigkeit 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 ausüben
- übt aus present singular third-person
- übte aus past
- ausgeübt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ausübend participle present
- auszuüben infinitive infinitive-zu
- übe aus first-person indicative present
- üben aus first-person indicative plural
- übst aus indicative present second-person
- übest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- übet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- übten aus first-person indicative plural
- übtest aus indicative preterite second-person
- übtet aus indicative plural preterite
- übe aus! imperative singular
- übt aus! imperative plural
- ausgeübt haben active infinitive perfect
- ausgeübt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ausüben?
- /ˈʔaʊ̯sʔyːbm̩/
- /ˈʔaʊ̯sʔyːbən/
- [ˈaʊ̯sˌʔyːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ausüben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausüben in German?
ausüben appears 9.5 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).