German verb · CEFR B2
ausgelöst
Meaning in English: triggered, set off
This is a form of auslösen, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own.
Example
Der Rauch hat den Feueralarm ausgelöst.
The smoke set off the fire alarm.
How common is ausgelöst?
ausgelöst is number 2,951 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 30 times per million words — about once every 34,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 74% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,947SchwedenSweden, Swedes
- 2,948längerelonger, fairly long
- 2,949draußenoutside, outdoors
- 2,950verrätreveals, gives away
- 2,951ausgelösttriggered, set off
- 2,952die Pressekonferenzpress conference
- 2,953samttogether with, including
- 2,954die Begründungreason, justification
- 2,955der Restrest, remainder
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