herausfliegen
[hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌfliːɡn̩]
The verdict
“herausfliegen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nach draußen fliegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herausfliegen · herausfliegen · German
herausfliegen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | herausfliegen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌfliːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herausfliegen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herausfliegen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁaʊ̯sˌfliːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for herausfliegen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is herausfliegen, spelled H-E-R-A-U-S-F-L-I-E-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1nach draußen fliegen
- 2gezwungen sein, aus einem Bewerb oder einer Gemeinschaft auszuscheiden
- 3aus einem Behältnis herausfallen
- 4jemanden oder etwas (aus einem gefährdeten Gebiet) ausfliegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herausfliegen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bartgeierexperte Toni Wegscheider freut sich über diesen Erfolg am frühen Montagmorgen: "Wally saß am unteren Ende der Nische in der Sonne und ist um 6.18 Uhr einfach schnurstracks herausgeflogen.
Die fünf, die zuerst herausfliegen, stehen zur Nominierung, zwei von ihnen müssen um den Verbleib im Camp kämpfen.
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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.