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Used to express surprise, disappointment, or annoyance that something happens at a particularly inconvenient or unexpected time, place, or to a particular person.
Ausgerechnet heute, wo ich meinen Regenschirm vergessen habe, fängt es an zu regnen.
Today of all days, when I forgot my umbrella, it starts raining.
'Ausgerechnet' is the past participle form of 'ausrechnen' (to calculate). As an adverb, however, it has a figurative, emotional meaning and expresses surprise or annoyance, not an actual calculation.
Warum musst du ausgerechnet jetzt gehen, wo der Film spannend wird?
Why do you have to leave now of all times, when the film is getting exciting?
'Ausgerechnet' usually comes directly before the word or phrase that is felt to be especially inconvenient or unexpected. It can refer to people, places, times, or things.
Von allen Leuten musste ausgerechnet er den Preis gewinnen.
Of all people, he had to win the prize.
This word is not neutral. It always adds a subjective, emotional note of irony, disappointment, or disbelief to a sentence.
Mein Auto ist die ganze Woche gefahren, aber ausgerechnet heute Morgen springt es nicht an.
My car worked all week, but this morning of all mornings it won't start.
right now / straight
Gerade and ausgerechnet can both highlight a particular person or point in time. Gerade can make this choice sound neutral or give it special emphasis. Ausgerechnet additionally shows that the choice is unexpected, disappointing, or inappropriate.
Ausgerechnet Lara, die das Thema kaum kennt, soll den Vortrag halten.
Lara of all people, who knows hardly anything about the subject, is supposed to give the presentation.
Gerade Lara kennt sich mit diesem Thema besonders gut aus.
Lara of all people knows this subject particularly well.
