This is the 1661st most frequent German word.
ausgerechnet
"Ausgerechnet" means "of all things" or "precisely."
Here, 'ausgerechnet' is used to emphasize disappointment or frustration that something specific is happening unexpectedly or inconveniently.
Ausgerechnet heute regnet es.
Of all days, it's raining today.
In this case, 'ausgerechnet' highlights a particular emphasis on the subject, expressing surprise or irony regarding the subject's involvement.
Warum musste es ausgerechnet er sein, der das Problem entdeckt?
Why did it have to be him, of all people, who discovered the problem?
The word 'ausgerechnet' here stresses the peculiarity or unexpectedness of the timing, marking the event as particularly noteworthy.