German

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Etymology

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aus- +‎ misten

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sˌmɪstn̩/
  • Hyphenation: aus‧mis‧ten
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Verb

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ausmisten (weak, third-person singular present mistet aus, past tense mistete aus, past participle ausgemistet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to clean out (of manure)
  2. (by extension, figuratively) to clean out, do spring cleaning
    seine Handtasche ausmistento clean out one's purse

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ausmisten” in Duden online
  • ausmisten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache