rausgucken
[ˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡʊkn̩]
The verdict
“rausgucken” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - seinen Blick aus (dem Inneren von) etwas nach (dort) draußen richten (in Richtung zum Sprechenden heraus)
Corpus desk
Index DE-rausgucken · rausgucken · German
rausgucken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | rausgucken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡʊkn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rausgucken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rausgucken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯sˌɡʊkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
rausgucken has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is rausgucken, spelled R-A-U-S-G-U-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1seinen Blick aus (dem Inneren von) etwas nach (dort) draußen richten (in Richtung zum Sprechenden heraus)
- 2(in Richtung zum Sprechenden zeigend) sichtbar aus/neben/unter etwas hervortreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rausgucken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
heraus: Wo bist du? Guck mal raus! Siehst du mich?
hinaus: Komm mal hierher, durch die Schießscharte kann man rausgucken und das Feld bis zum Waldrand sehen!
Antonyms
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.