auszehren
[ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡seːʁən]
The verdict
“auszehren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - körperlich schwächen und mager werden lassen
Corpus desk
Index DE-auszehren · auszehren · German
auszehren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | auszehren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡seːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „auszehren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
auszehren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡seːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "körperlich schwächen und mager werden lassen".
auszehren doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is auszehren, spelled A-U-S-Z-E-H-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1körperlich schwächen und mager werden lassen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how auszehren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die lange Krankheit zehrte sie aus.
Den Raum betrat ein ausgezehrter Mann.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.