rauswürgen
[ˈʁaʊ̯sˌvʏʁɡn̩]
The verdict
“rauswürgen” 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) - (etwas) aus dem Magen oder der Speiseröhre (bei Vögeln aus dem Kropf) wieder durch den Mund (oral) ausscheiden
Corpus desk
Index DE-rauswurgen · rauswürgen · German
rauswürgen · 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 | rauswürgen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʊ̯sˌvʏʁɡn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „rauswürgen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
rauswürgen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈʁaʊ̯sˌvʏʁɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for rauswürgen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is rauswürgen, spelled R-A-U-S-W-Ü-R-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1(etwas) aus dem Magen oder der Speiseröhre (bei Vögeln aus dem Kropf) wieder durch den Mund (oral) ausscheiden
- 2(Worte) nur mit Mühe, widerwillig, unklar aussprechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rauswürgen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich habe zur Prüfung ein ziemlich großes Stück von einem Regenwurm teilweise geschluckt und wieder rausgewürgt wie ein Zirkuskünstler […].“
„Die Leute kotzten, bis sie nichts mehr rauswürgen konnten als ihr eigenes Blut!“
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.