auswandern
German, verb
auswandern is spelled A-U-S-W-A-N-D-E-R-N (10 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auswandern is a German verb meaning “to emigrate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Auswandern is a different word: “gerund of auswandern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Heimat dauerhaft verlassen”.
What does auswandern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to emigrate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of auswandern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Heimat dauerhaft verlassen
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 auswandern
- wandert aus present singular third-person
- wanderte aus past
- ausgewandert participle past
- sein auxiliary
- auswandernd participle present
- auszuwandern infinitive infinitive-zu
- wandre aus first-person indicative present
- wandere aus first-person indicative present
- wander aus first-person indicative present
- wandern aus first-person indicative plural
- wanderst aus indicative present second-person
- wanderest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- wandrest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- wanderet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- wandret aus plural second-person subjunctive
- wanderten aus first-person indicative plural
- wandertest aus indicative preterite second-person
- wandertet aus indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to auswandern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is auswandern in German?
auswandern appears 2.6 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).