German noun, masculine · CEFR C1
der Ausbau
Meaning in English: expansion, extension
Example
Der Ausbau des Dachbodens hat sich gelohnt.
Converting the attic was worth it.
Der, die or das?
Ausbau is masculine: der Ausbau. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Ausbau?
Ausbau is number 1,401 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 65 times per million words — about once every 15,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 67% of the words in an ordinary German text. C1 means an advanced word, mostly met in formal or written German.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,397ausgezeichnetexcellent; awarded
- 1,398die Redespeech, talk
- 1,399schwereheavy, serious, difficult
- 1,400der Dollardollar
- 1,401der Ausbauexpansion, extension
- 1,402erstelltcreated, drawn up
- 1,403meinemmy (dative masc./neut.)
- 1,404die Einführungintroduction
- 1,405gestaltetdesigned, shaped
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,401
- The most common German nouns#522
- German C1 vocabulary#32
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#143
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.