ausziehen

German

Etymology

From aus- (out) +‎ ziehen (pull).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯st͡siːən/
  • Hyphenation: aus‧zie‧hen
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Verb

ausziehen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present zieht aus, past tense zog aus, past participle ausgezogen, past subjunctive zöge aus, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to move out, to vacate [auxiliary sein]
    Antonym: einziehen
    Herr Müller ist vor einer Woche ausgezogen.Mr. Müller moved out a week ago.
    Unsere Abteilung muss bald aus den Büros in diesem Gebäude ausziehen.
    Our department will soon have to vacate the offices in this building.
  2. (intransitive) to set off, to set out (in order to achieve a higher goal, into war, a period of travels, etc.) [auxiliary sein]
    Er zog aus, um die Welt zu erkunden.He set out to explore the world.
  3. (transitive) to take off (a piece of clothing, shoes) [auxiliary haben]
    Synonym: ablegen
    Antonym: anziehen
    (sich) die Schuhe ausziehento take off one's shoes
  4. (transitive) to undress (a person) [auxiliary haben]
    Synonym: entkleiden
    Antonym: anziehen
    1. (reflexive) to undress (oneself), to take off one's clothes
  5. (transitive) to extend, to pull out (something to its full length, from a previously collapsed state) [auxiliary haben]
    Das Sofa lässt sich ausziehen.The sofa can be extended.
  6. (transitive, dated) to pull out, to extract [auxiliary haben]

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Further reading

  • ausziehen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ausziehen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ausziehen” in Duden online
  • ausziehen” in OpenThesaurus.de