Auszeit
\ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯t\
The verdict
“Auszeit” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pause, congé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-auszeit · Auszeit · French
Auszeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Auszeit |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯t\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Auszeit is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Auszeit doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 French form is Auszeit, spelled A-U-S-Z-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Pause, congé.
- 2Congé sabbatique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Auszeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Unser Vertriebsleiter hat sich eine achtwöchige Auszeit genommen und hütet die Tiere auf einer steirischen Alm.
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.