aussetzen

German

Etymology

aus- + setzen

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

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 care or protection) to abandon; to marroon (on an island)
    2. (an animal deemed captive) 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

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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