outen
German, verb[ˈʔaʊ̯tn̩]
outen is spelled O-U-T-E-N (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Outen is a German verb meaning “to out oneself (reveal oneself as having a certain secret)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas bis dahin Verheimlichtes über sich bekennen, bekannt machen”.
What does outen mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto out oneself (reveal oneself as having a certain secret)
- 2
to out (reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual)
Meine Schwester hat mich bei meinen Eltern geoutet!
- 3
to come out of the closet, come out
Wann hast du dich geoutet?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas bis dahin Verheimlichtes über sich bekennen, bekannt machen 2. etwas Verheimlichtes über einen Dritten ohne dessen Einverständnis bekannt machen (insbesondere Homosexualität)
noun: 1. Handlung, sich zu etwas zu bekennen oder jemand anderen zu offenbaren, speziell zur Homosexualität
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 outen
- outet present singular third-person
- outete past
- geoutet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- outend participle present
- oute first-person indicative present
- outest indicative present second-person
- outeten first-person indicative plural
- outetest indicative preterite second-person
- outetet indicative plural preterite
- out imperative second-person singular
- habe geoutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geoutet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- out! imperative singular
- oute! imperative singular
- outet! imperative plural
- geoutet haben active infinitive perfect
- geoutet werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce outen?
- [ˈʔaʊ̯tn̩]
- [ˈaʊ̯tn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to outen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is outen in German?
outen appears 1.2 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).