ausweislich
[ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç]
The verdict
“ausweislich” is uncommon German (frequency #78,906 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a preposition. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,906
- frequency rank, German
- 6,976
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wie aus etwas zu sehen ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-ausweislich · ausweislich · German
ausweislich · rank #78,906 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,906
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,976
- PHOTO-FINISH auszugraben
Nearest frequency peer: auszugraben (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ausweislich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ausstellte
ausstellte
21,098 corpus weight
- ausstrahlte
ausstrahlte
21,097 corpus weight
- ausweislich
ausweislich
21,095 corpus weight
- auszugraben
auszugraben
21,094 corpus weight
- autistische
autistische
21,093 corpus weight
- Autobesitzer
Autobesitzer
21,092 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ausweislich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ausweislich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #78,906 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ausweislich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ausweislich is uncommon German at frequency #78,906 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as apreposition, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯slɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wie aus etwas zu sehen ist".
ausweislich has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ausweislich, spelled A-U-S-W-E-I-S-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1wie aus etwas zu sehen ist
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausweislich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Seit dem 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. war Telmessos ausweislich der archäologischen und epigraphischen Funde eine lykische Dynastenresidenz.“
„Ausweislich der angegebenen Zahlen werden die institutionalisierten Verfahren von Ausländern auch genutzt.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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