ROUND 3678 - AUSLAUT

[Judy Madnick]

Here are 12 definitions for the word AUSLAUT shared exactly as I received them, but only one is correct. Please send your votes by responding to the Dixonary group with what you believe are two definitions most likely to have come from a dictionary before the deadline, which is THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2026, at 7 p.m. Eastern Time or the corresponding time where you live! https://www.timeanddate.com Any misspellings, weird spacing, etc., are my fault and not an indication of the accuracy of a particular definition.

Good luck!

Judy Madnick  

 

 

1. 1 outflow from a reservoir or lake; 2 electrical outlet.

 

2. a channel carved by a landslide or avalanche.

 

3. a  diacritical mark (two dots under the vowel) suggesting a short vowel emphasis [the opposite weight of umlaut]

 

4. A fading sound.

 

5. A green salad dressed with shrimp.

 

6. A whitish deposit of mineral salts formed on the surface of damp masonry.

 

7. Also called: gradation. The variation of a root vowel that arises either from morphological variation, or from assimilation to a succeeding vowel; in Indo-European languages usually distinguished as ablaut (as English sing~sang~song) and umlaut (as German Frau~Fräulein).

 

8. final sound in a word or syllable.

 

9. Flammable gas, esp. methane (marsh gas), given off by coal in mines and which can form an explosive mixture with air.

 

10. The German Sign Language, the language of the deaf community in Germany, Luxembourg and the German-speaking community of Belgium.

 

11. The turn made by a skier, esp. a downhill racer, at the end of a run to come to a stop; the area at the end of a ski run in which such turns are made.

 

12. To relocate.

 

 

 

[Chowie]

I'll start us off by voting by 2 of the least likely: 10 and 11. They all look unlikely to me.

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[Tim Bourne]

4 and 8, please.

Best wishes,
Tim B.

[France International/Mike Shefler]

I'll go with 4 and 11.

--Mike

[Paul Keating]

I think 4 and 8 are sound choices.

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Paul Keating

Soustons, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France

[John Barrs]

#7 and #8 for me please JohnnyB

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[Hugo Kornelis]

Hi Judy,

Here are my picks:

7. Also called: gradation. The variation of a root vowel that arises either from morphological variation, or from assimilation to a succeeding vowel; in Indo-European languages usually distinguished as ablaut (as English sing~sang~song) and umlaut (as German Frau~Fräulein).

 

8. final sound in a word or syllable.

Cheers,

Hugo

Op 2-9-2026 om 19:10 schreef Judy Madnick:

[Eric Boxer]

I'll vote for 7 and 8.

Eric

[Daniel B Widdis]

I don’t believe any of them.

Vox Pop suggests 8 which seems as likely as any.  And I’ll toss in 12 because it’s a verb.

[Tony Abell]

I'll take 1 and 7:

 

1. 1 outflow from a reservoir or lake; 2 electrical outlet.

 

7. Also called: gradation. The variation of a root vowel that arises either from morphological variation, or from assimilation to a succeeding vowel; in Indo-European languages usually distinguished as ablaut (as English sing~sang~song) and umlaut (as German Frau~Fräulein).

[Shani Naylor]

I'll join the crowd voting for 8, and pair it with 4.

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[Efrem Mallach]

I'll join the crowd of sound reasoning: 4 and 8.

Efrem

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