sause

[ˈzaʊ̯zə]

/[ˈzaʊ̯zə]/ verb

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The verdict

“sause” is uncommon German (frequency #60,027 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,027
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen

Corpus desk

Index DE-sause · sause · German

sause · rank #60,027 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,027
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Sauerstoffgeh…

Nearest frequency peer: Sauerstoffgehalt (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „sause“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „sause“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sause
PropertyValue
Headwordsause
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈzaʊ̯zə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,027
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „sause“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).sausefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Sauerstoffgehalt“ (#60,026), „Savanne“ (#60,028), „Sassnitz“ (#60,025). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „sause“ bei #60,027. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sause is uncommon German at frequency #60,027 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈzaʊ̯zə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for sause in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is sause, spelled S-A-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen
  4. 4
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sause"?
"sause" is spelled S-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈzaʊ̯zə].
What does "sause" mean?
As a verb, "sause" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sausen
How do you pronounce "sause"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sause" is [ˈzaʊ̯zə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sause" come from?
"sause" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sause", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rinnt#60,009Radon#59,986pusht#59,983silly#60,077

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list