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ausquatschen
To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.
ausquetschen
(transitive, colloquial) To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly.
ausradieren
(transitive, idiomatic) To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).
ausrangieren
(rail transport, transitive) To park (a rail vehicle).
ausrasten
(intransitive, slang) To become very angry or upset.
Ausraster
An often childish display or fit of bad temper.
ausrauben
(idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
ausräumen
(transitive) To remove (fears, doubts, objections etc.) by proving them unjustified.
Ausräumung
The act of clearing or something (such as a space) cleared.
ausrechnen
(transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Ausrede
(sometimes, proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
ausreichen
(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
ausreichend
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
ausreifen
(transitive) To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection
ausreißen
(intransitive) To flee, to depart, to accelerate away suddenly.
ausreißen (vt.)
(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
Ausreißer
A person who absconds. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
ausreizen
(transitive, figurative) To make excessive use of (a particular point in speech or writing, a source of funds, etc.); to exploit; to take advantage of (something).
ausrichten
(transitive) To modify.
Ausrichtung
An arrangement of items in a line.
ausroden
(transitive) To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots.
ausrollen
(ergative) To press, level, spread, or form with a roller or rollers.
ausrotten
(transitive) To destroy completely; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to.
Ausrottung
The act of extirpating or uprooting.
Ausruf
A loud calling or crying out, for example as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc.
ausrufen
(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
Ausrufewort
(grammar) An exclamation or filled pause; a word or phrase with no particular grammatical relation to a sentence, often an expression of emotion.
ausrupfen
(transitive) To remove feathers from (a bird).
ausrüsten
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
Ausrüstung
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear. [from late 14th c.]
Ausrüstungsgegenstand
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear. [from late 14th c.]
ausrutschen
(intransitive, slang) To go; to move from one place or to another.
Ausrutscher
A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
Aussaat
(uncountable, collective) An amount of seeds that cannot be readily counted.
aussäen
(transitive) To plant or sow an area with seeds.
Aussage
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
aussagefähig
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
aussagekräftig
Not conclusive, not leading to a conclusion.
aussagen
(law, intransitive) To give evidence or testimony, especially in response to interrogation during a deposition.
Aussagewort
(grammar) A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
aussähen
(transitive) To sow and scatter principles, ideas, opinions, etc, or concrete things, for growth and propagation, like seeds.
Aussätziger
A person who has leprosy, a person suffering from Hansen's disease.
Ausschachtung
(countable) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
ausscheiden
(biology, ambitransitive) To discharge material (including waste products) from a cell, body or system.
Ausscheidung
The process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
Ausscheidungen
(now, _, specifically) Human and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
ausschelten
(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.
ausschenken
To sell alcoholic liquor by retail. [from earlier 16th c.]
ausscheren
To go out of a straight line; to deflect.
ausscheuern
(transitive) To clean, polish, or wash (something) by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously, frequently with an abrasive or cleaning agent.
ausschiffen
(transitive) To remove from on board a vessel; to put on shore
ausschildern
(transitive) To install signposts on.
ausschimpfen
(transitive) To chide or scold vehemently.
ausschlachten
(transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
Ausschlag
(pathology) Inflammation of the skin.
ausschlaggebend
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.
ausschließen
(transitive) To exclude or shut out; to bar.
ausschließlich
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
ausschlüpfen
(intransitive, of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
Ausschluss
The act or an instance of debarring.
Ausschlussklausel
A public disavowal, as of responsibility, pretensions, claims, opinions, etc.
Ausschlusskriterium
Any impediment that prevents all further progress.
ausschmelzen
(transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
ausschmieden
(metallurgy) To shape a metal by heating and hammering.
ausschmücken
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
Ausschmückung
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
Ausschnaufen
The act or process of exhaling; breathing out
ausschneiden
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
Ausschnitt
(countable, journalism) An article clipped from a newspaper (especially) or from a magazine.
ausschöpfen
(transitive, nautical) To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
ausschrägen
(transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
Ausschuss
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
ausschütten
(finance) To pay out, expend; usually from a public fund or treasury.
Ausschwärmen
(military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
ausschweifen
(intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
ausschweifend
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
Ausschweifung
An individual act of debauchery.
Ausschweifungen
A dissolute course of life, in which health, money, etc., are squandered in pursuit of pleasure; profuseness in immoral indulgence, as late hours, riotous living, etc.; dissoluteness.
aussehen
(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
außen
Outside; external.
Außen-
Relating to the outside parts or surface of something.
aussenden
(intransitive) To come out, to be sent out or given off.
Aussendienstler
A company agent who visits potential purchasers; a salesman. [from 20th c.]
Aussenecke
A corner where two walls intersect.
Außenklo
(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
Außenposten
An outlying settlement.
Aussenschicht
The most external portion of exterior siding.
Außenseite
The outside part, parts or surface of something.
Aussenseiter
A badly adjusted person; someone unsuitable or set apart because of their habits, behaviour etc.
Außenstürmer
(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
Außenstürmerin
(sports) An offensive player who plays on either side of the center.
Außentoilette
(North America) An outbuilding, typically permanent, containing a toilet or seat over a cesspit.
Aussenverkleidung
The most external portion of exterior siding.
außer
Except for; besides, (postposition) apart.
außer Acht lassen
(rare) To deduct from an account, debt, charge, etc.
außer Betracht lassen
(transitive) To ignore; to pay no attention to.
außer Kontrolle geraten
Unchecked; rampant.
außer Kraft setzen
(transitive) To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect.
außer Position bringen
(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
außer Rand und Band geraten
Unchecked; rampant.
außer sich
(idiomatic) Overcome; consumed by an emotion.
außer sich vor Freude
Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
außer Stand setzen
(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
außer Stande setzen
(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
außer-
Outside of, beyond.
außerbörslich
(finance) Involving direct interaction between two parties without an intermediary, and denoting any market where items such as stocks or currency are bought and sold by direct arrangement between counterparties, or through a private broker, rather than on a public stock exchange or other exchange.
außerdem
(conjunctive) Also; in addition.
äußere
Outer; located towards the outside.
außereheliches Verhältnis
(figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
Äußeres
The outside part, parts or surface of something.
äußeres Ohr
(anatomy, zoology) The visible part of the ear in most therians that resides outside of the head, the auricle; outer ear excluding the ear canal.
außergerichtlich
(legal, of a punishment) Carried out without legal authority.
außergewöhnlich
That astounds or astound.
außerhalb
To or in the outdoors or outside; to or in an area that is beyond the scope, limits, or borders of a given place.
außerhalb des Hauses
Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air. [from 18th c.]
außerirdisch
Pertaining to extraterrestrial life; typical of an extraterrestrial creature.
Außerirdische
Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
Außerirdischer
Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin.
äußerlich
Provided by something or someone outside of the entity (object, group, company etc.) considered.
außermittig
Having a different center; not concentric.
äußern
(transitive) To convey or communicate; to make known or explicit.
außerordentlich
Exceptional; very good.
außerproportional
Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
außerschulisch
Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.
außersinnlich
Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
äußerst
To a great or unusual degree, extent, etc.; extremely
äußerst schädlich
(figurative) Severely negative or harmful.
außerstand setzen
(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
außerstande setzen
(transitive) To render unable; to take away an ability of, as by crippling.
außerstanden
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
Äußerste
An extreme measure.
äußerster
Being the most distant or extreme; farthest.
Äußerstes
The greatest possible capability, extent, or quantity; maximum.
äußerstes Ende
The most extreme or furthest point of something. [from c. 1400]
Äußerung
(countable) Any rational expression, reason.
aussetzen
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470)]
aussetzend
Stopping and starting, occurring, or presenting at intervals; coming after a particular time span.
Aussetzung
(legal) A postponement, especially of an execution or other punishment.
Aussetzung des Verfahrens
(legal) The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.
Aussicht
A view, vista or outlook.
aussichtslos
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
Aussichtspunkt
A place from which something can be viewed.
Aussichtturm
(architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
Aussiedler
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
Aussöhnung
The process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.
Aussonderung
The process or act of selecting.
aussortieren
(transitive) To separate from the remainder of a group; often construed with from.
aussortiert
(rare) Rejected; cast off as worthless.
Aussparung
The whole deep way the key has to go, the hollow or cavity.
ausspeien
To vomit or spew, to discharge.

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