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ausgehen.

to go out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʔaʊ̯sɡeːən/
  1. to go out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
    Ich gehe nicht in die Disko, weil ich tanzen will, sondern weil ich ausgehen will.
  2. to go out (to be turned off or extinguished)

    class-7 · intransitive · strong · usually
  3. to run out (to be completely used up or consumed)

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
    Das Geld für den Hausbau ist ausgegangen.
  4. to fall out (to come out without being made to do so)

    class-7 · especially · intransitive · strong · usually
    Meine Haare sind mir schon ausgegangen.
  5. to start, to begin; to come, to stem, to lead off, to radiate (to originate (at or from a certain location))

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
  6. to start (from), to take as one's starting point

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
  7. to end, turn out (to have a given result)

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
    Der Krieg ging so schlecht aus, dass er den königlichen Hof verlegen musste
  8. to leave, get away, come away (to depart, implying a certain consequence or result, or lack thereof)

    class-7 · intransitive · strong
    leer ausgehen
  9. to measure a distance by pacing

    class-7 · dated · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ūzgēn, ūzgān, from Old High German ūzgangan, ūzgān, ūzgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *ūtgān, equivalent to aus- + gehen. Cognate with German Low German utgahn, Dutch uitgaan, English outgo, Swedish utgå.

verb/ˈʔaʊ̯sɡeːən/
  1. to work, work out, be possible

    Austria · Bavaria · class-7 · reflexive · regional · strong
    So wird sich das nicht ausgehen.
    Ein Bier geht sich noch aus.
  2. to be still available (in sufficient quantity to make something possible)

    Austria · Bavaria · class-7 · reflexive · regional · strong
    Die Zeit geht sich aus.
    Es gehen sich noch ein paar Stunden Sonnenschein aus
Where this word comes from

aus- + gehen, a calque of Czech vyjít.

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