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Aussperrung
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ausspielen
(intransitive) To step to the side.
ausspionieren
(intransitive) To act as a spy.
Aussprache
(uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
aussprechen
(intransitive) To speak up or out; exclaim; speak.
Ausspruch
A repeated expression, often originating in popular culture.
ausspucken
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
ausspülen
To flow or stream; to form gutters. [from late 14th c.]
Ausspülung
A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
Ausstand
A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
ausstatten
(transitive) To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out.
Ausstattung
(cartography) A unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
ausstechen
(transitive) To surpass someone or something; to be better or do better than someone or something.
ausstehen
(transitive) To bear patiently. [from late 15th c.]
ausstehend
Late; especially, past a deadline or too late to fulfill a need.
aussteifen
(transitive) To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
Aussteifung
(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.
aussteigen
Often followed by from or off: to get off an animal which one has been riding; to dismount; to descend or exit from a vehicle; hence, to complete one's journey; to stop.
Aussteiger
Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
Aussteigerin
Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
aussteinen
(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.
ausstellen
(transitive) To bear something with ostentatious show.
Aussteller
(banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
Ausstellung
An instance of exhibiting.
Ausstellungsraum
A room in a business set aside for the display of the company's products.
Ausstellungsstück
A public showing; an exhibition.
ausstemmen
(skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.
aussterben
(idiomatic) To become extinct.
Aussteuer
Payment, such as property or money, paid by the bride's family to the groom or his family at the time of marriage.
Ausstieg
An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
Ausstiegsluke
(construction) A hatch that provides access to the roof from the interior of a building.
ausstopfen
(transitive) To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess.
Ausstopfung
The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
Ausstoß
Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
ausstoßen
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit. [mid 16th – early 19th c.]
ausstrahlen
(intransitive) To be broadcast.
Ausstrahlung
A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.
ausstreben
To furnish with braces; to support; to prop.
ausstrecken
(obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
ausstreichen
(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.
Ausstreuen
(agriculture, horticulture, archaic) The act of scattering seed; a crop grown from such seed.
Ausstreuung
A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
Austausch
An act of exchanging or trading.
austauschbar
Capable of easy interaction.
austauschen
(transitive) To give and receive reciprocally; to exchange.
Austauschspieler
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
austeilen
(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
Austeiler
An object used to dispense other items.
Austeilung
An act of distributing or state of being distributed.
Auster
The delicate oyster-shaped morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl.
Austerität
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
austilgen
(transitive) To destroy completely; to annihilate,
Austin
The capital city of Texas, United States, and the county seat of Travis County; named for American empresario Stephen F. Austin.
Austragungsort
(legal) A neighborhood or near place; the place or county in which anything is alleged to have happened; also, the place where an action is laid, or the district from which a jury comes.
Australian Football
A variety of football devised in Australia, played on an oval field with an oval ball that players try to kick between the goalposts or between a central and outer post.
Australier
A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
Australierin
A person from the country of Australia or of Australian descent.
australisch
Of, from, or pertaining to Australia, the Australian people or Australian languages.
Australische Moorente
A brown diving duck, Aythya australis, native to Australia.
austreiben
(idiomatic) To force to leave or go away.
austreten
To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue; to repress.
austricksen
(intransitive) To violate rules in order to gain, or attempt to gain, advantage from a situation.
Austritt
The process of exiting or leaving.
Austrittsdüse
A short tube, usually tapering, forming the vent of a hose or pipe.
austrocknen
(transitive) To cause to become dry.
Austrocknung
The act or process of removing water from something.
ausüben
(transitive, idiomatic) To apply; to employ something to achieve an intended effect.
Ausübung
An expenditure of physical or mental effort.
Ausufern
A straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
Ausverkauf
(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.
auswachsen
(figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
Auswahl
A collection of varying but related items.
auswählen
To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
auswählend
Of or relating to the process of selection.
Auswahlkästchen
A space on a paper form that can be optionally filled with a check mark.
Auswanderer
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
Auswanderin
Someone who leaves a country to settle in a new country.
auswandern
(intransitive) To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
Auswanderung
The act of emigrating; movement of a person or persons out of a country or national region, for the purpose of permanent relocation of residence.
auswärtig
Not belonging to the same country, land, or government, or to the citizens or subjects thereof; foreign.
auswaschen
(transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
Auswaschung
A place scoured out by running water, as in the bed of a stream below a waterfall.
auswechselbar
Freely substitutable; that may be swapped at will.
auswechseln
(transitive, sports) To remove (a player) from the field of play and bring on another in his place.
Auswechselspieler
(sports) A player who is available to replace another if the need arises, and who may or may not actually do so.
Ausweg
A way out.
ausweglose Situation
(idiomatic) A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.
ausweichen
(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun.
ausweichend
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Evasive and shifty.
ausweichende Antwort
(idiomatic) An evasive explanation in the form of multiple excuses.
Ausweicher
(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
Ausweichmanöver
A sudden movement out of a straight line, for example to avoid a collision.
Ausweiden
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
Ausweis
A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
ausweisen
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
Ausweisung
The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
ausweiten
(transitive) To cause to last for a longer period of time.
auswendig lernen
To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
Auswendiglernen
Mechanical routine; a fixed, habitual, repetitive, or mechanical course of procedure.
auswerfen
To vomit or spew, to discharge.
auswerten
(transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
Auswertung
An assessment, such as an annual personnel performance review used as the basis for a salary increase or bonus, or a summary of a particular situation.
auswickeln
(transitive) To open or undo, as what is wrapped or folded.
auswiegen
(intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
auswirken
(intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
Auswirkung
(sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
auswringen
(transitive, archaic) To wring laundry.
Auswuchs
A natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism.
auswuchten
(transitive) To bring (items) to an equipoise, as the scales of a balance by adjusting the weights.
Auswurf
(physiology) That which is expectorated, as phlegm or mucus.
Auswurfmaterial
Scoria associated with a volcano.
Auszehrung
(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.
auszeichnen
(transitive, obsolete) To make to differ.
Auszeichnung
A special acknowledgment; an award.
Auszeit
An temporary break from work, especially one which is unexpected.
ausziehbar
Capable of being extended.
ausziehen
(idiomatic, intransitive) To vacate one's place of residence or employment.
Auszubildende
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
Auszubildender
A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
Auszug
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
Authentifikation
(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource.
authentifizieren
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
Authentifizierung
(computing) Proof of identity required by a user to log on to some network or access some resource.
authentisch
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
Authentizität
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
Autist
An autistic person, a person with autism.
autistisch
Having autism, or pertaining to autism.
Auto
(US, Canada, Philippines, AU, NZ) A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.
Auto mit Automatikgetriebe
A car with an automatic transmission; the transmission itself.
auto-
Reflexive, regarding or to oneself.
Autobahn
A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
Autobahndreieck
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
Autobahnkreuz
(countable) A junction in which traffic may merge to enter or diverge to exit a limited-access highway to access a surface street, without crossing traffic on the main highway.
Autobiografie
(countable) A self-written biography; the story of one's own life.
autobiografisch
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
autobiographisch
Of or relating to a person's life or an account of a person's life, as told by the subject.
Autobus
(road transport, dated) A motorbus, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
autochthon
Native to the place where found; indigenous.
Autofahrer
(dated) One who drives an automobile.
Autofahrerin
One who drives a motor vehicle.
Autofahrertasche
A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
Autograph
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
autoimmun
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
Autoklav
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
Autokolonne
A procession of cars carrying VIPs, especially political figures.
autokrank
Dizzy or feeling nauseated due to riding in a vehicle; suffering from motion sickness.
Autokrat
An absolute ruler with infinite power.
Autokratie
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
Autokratin
An absolute ruler with infinite power.
Autolackierer
A laborer or workman who paints surfaces using a paintbrush or other means.

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