ausmachen
\ʔaʊ̯smaxn̩\
The verdict
“ausmachen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Éteindre, faire cesser de fonctionner.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ausmachen · ausmachen · French
ausmachen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | ausmachen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʔaʊ̯smaxn̩\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « ausmachen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
ausmachen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʔaʊ̯smaxn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
ausmachen has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ausmachen, spelled A-U-S-M-A-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Éteindre, faire cesser de fonctionner.
- 2Éteindre (une flamme).
- 3Convenir de, fixer.
- 4Apercevoir, distinguer, repérer.
- 5Faire, représenter.
- 6es macht jemandem nichts aus: Quelqu’en ne s’en soucie pas.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ausmachen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er macht den Fernseher aus
Sie mögen mich jetzt vielleicht laaaaaaangweilig nennen und mich schon gedanklich in die Schublade der puritanischen Genussfeinde einsortieren, gleich neben die Leute, die beim Sex das Licht ausmachen und alles Gebratene vermeiden (wegen Krebsgefahr).
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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.