Ausdrucks

Ausdrucks is a German-language term that does not denote a widely recognized subject of study on its own. In standard German, the noun Ausdruck means expression, wording, or articulation. The plural is Ausdrücke, and the genitive singular is des Ausdrucks. The sequence Ausdrucks by itself is not normally used as a headword in dictionaries or academic terminology.

Nevertheless, Ausdrucks appears as part of compound forms such as Ausdrucksformen (forms of expression) or Ausdrücke im Gespräch. In some historical texts or typographic practices, an abbreviated or altered form may appear, but in contemporary usage it is generally considered nonstandard or a variant found in older orthography.

Usage and interpretation: If you encounter the isolated word Ausdrucks in a modern text, it is most likely intended to be Ausdrücke or Ausdrucksformen, or simply a possessive construction within a phrase containing des Ausdrucks. The standard terms for related concepts are Ausdrücke (expressions), Sprachausdruck (linguistic expression), and Ausdrucksformen (forms of expression).

See also: Ausdruck, Ausdruckstheorie, Sprachwissenschaft.