German edit

Etymology edit

aus- +‎ tragen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈaʊsˌtʁaːɡən], [-ɡŋ̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aus‧tra‧gen

Verb edit

austragen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present trägt aus, past tense trug aus, past participle ausgetragen, past subjunctive trüge aus, auxiliary haben)

  1. to (go from house to house and) deliver sth.,
    Briefe austragen, die Post austragen, die Zeitung oder Brötchen austragento do a round and distribute e.g. letters, the newspaper, bakery, milk, etc., especially on a regular basis
  2. to take somebody or something off a list
    sich aus einer Liste austragento unsubscribe
  3. to be in or have a struggle for victory with sb. (in any competitive event with another opposing group or person, e.g. a war, a fight, a battle, a duel, a championship, a contest, a match, a (scientifical) debate, a discussion, an argument, an (internal) conflict)
    einen Kampf mit jdm. austragento have a fight against sb.
    ein Problem mit sich selbst austragen müssento have to deal with a problem by oneself
  4. to stage, to hold, to execute, to host such a competitive event,
    Synonyms: ausrichten, veranstalten
  5. to bear a child until birth, to gestate
    ein Kind austragento carry a child to full term
  6. (Austria, reflexive) to insist on (as a condition of something)

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

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