auslösen

German

Etymology

aus- +‎ lösen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯sløːzn̩], [ˈʔaʊ̯sløːzən]
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Verb

auslösen (weak, third-person singular present löst aus, past tense löste aus, past participle ausgelöst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to trigger, to initiate, to cause
    • 2010, Der Spiegel‎, number 39/2010, page 88:
      Den nächsten Börsencrash lösen womöglich Maschinen aus. Grund: Die Aktiengeschäfte werden mehr und mehr von ultraschnellen Computerprogrammen dominiert.
      The next stock market crash may be triggered by machines. The reason: share transactions are more and more dominated by ultra-fast computer programs.
  2. to ransom

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “auslösen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “auslösen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “auslösen” in Duden online
  • “auslösen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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