German

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Etymology

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aus-setzen

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aussetzen (weak, third-person singular present setzt aus, past tense setzte aus, past participle ausgesetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, to a danger, risk, etc.) to expose
  2. (transitive, animal or human) to take somewhere and leave to fend for themselves
    1. (animal or human requiring continued care or protection) to abandon; to maroon (on an island)
    2. (a captive animal that can fend for itself) to release
      Sie nehmen verletzte Tiere auf, pflegen sie und setzen sie später wieder aus.
      They take in injured animals, care for them, then release them back into the wild.
  3. (transitive, an award) to offer
  4. (transitive, an activity or process) to suspend, to interrupt
    Zölle aussetzento suspend tarifs
  5. (intransitive, of a machine or organ) to stop (often suddenly or for short period of time)
  6. (intransitive, in a game) to miss a turn
    Du musst eine Runde aussetzen.
    You miss one turn.
  7. (transitive, a boat) to lower

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From aus- (out-)setzen (to put).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈæːʊ̯sˌzæt͡sən], [ˈæːʊ̯ˌsæt͡sən]

Verb

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aussetzen (third-person singular present setzt aus, past participle ausgesat, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive, a child or pet) to abandon
  2. (transitive) to maroon
  3. (transitive, an activity, proceedings, etc.) to suspend, to adjourn, to interrupt
  4. (transitive, a reward or prize) to offer
  5. (transitive, to a danger or risk, etc.) to expose, to subject

Conjugation

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Regular, separable
infinitive aussetzen
participle ausgesat
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular setzen aus
2nd singular setz aus setz aus
3rd singular setzt aus
1st plural setzen aus
2nd plural setzt aus setzt aus
3rd plural setzen aus
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.