austrocknen
\ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁɔknən\
The verdict
“austrocknen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - intransitif Assécher, se dessécher.
Corpus desk
Index FR-austrocknen · austrocknen · French
austrocknen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | austrocknen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁɔknən\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
austrocknen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯sˌtʁɔknən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for austrocknen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is austrocknen, spelled A-U-S-T-R-O-C-K-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1intransitif Assécher, se dessécher.
- 2transitif Dessécher.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how austrocknen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Süsswasserübernutzung zeigt sich u. a. daran, dass weltweit ungefähr ein Viertel aller Flüsse austrocknen, bevor sie das Meer erreichen.
Bestimmte Bakterien halten unter anderem den Säureschutzmantel der Haut aufrecht, wenn wir sie beseitigen, wird sie verletzlich und trocknet aus.
Synonyms
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.