ausweichen
German, verb
ausweichen is spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ausweichen is a German verb meaning “to dodge, to avoid (hitting), to (just) miss, to swerve around” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ausweichen is a different word: “gerund of ausweichen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Bewegung machen, um einen Zusammenstoß zu vermeiden; jemandem Platz machen”.
What does ausweichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dodge, to avoid (hitting), to (just) miss, to swerve around
Ich wich dem Schlag aus.
- 2
to avoid, to keep away from, to give a wide berth to
- 3
to switch, to change
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ausweichen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Bewegung machen, um einen Zusammenstoß zu vermeiden; jemandem Platz machen 2. eine unangenehme Situation vermeiden
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 ausweichen
- weicht aus present singular third-person
- wich aus past
- ausgewichen participle past
- sein auxiliary
- 1 strong
- ausweichend participle present
- auszuweichen infinitive infinitive-zu
- weiche aus first-person indicative present
- weichen aus first-person indicative plural
- weichst aus indicative present second-person
- weichest aus second-person singular subjunctive
- weichet aus plural second-person subjunctive
- wichen aus first-person indicative plural
- wiche aus first-person formal rare
- wichst aus indicative preterite second-person
- wicht aus indicative plural preterite
- wichest aus formal rare second-person
- wichet aus formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ausweichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ausweichen in German?
ausweichen appears 5.9 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).