ausdienen

German

Etymology

aus- +‎ dienen

Verb

ausdienen (weak, third-person singular present dient aus, past tense diente aus, past participle ausgedient, auxiliary haben)

  1. (military, dated) to complete one's military career
  2. (figurative) to become useless or obsolete
    Diese Maschine hat ausgedient
    This machine has had its day
    • 2020 September 21, Marcus Gatzke, Marlies Uken, quoting Klaus Schwab, “Der Neoliberalismus hat ausgedient”, in Die Zeit‎:
      Die Pandemie hat somit einmal mehr gezeigt: Der Neoliberalismus in dieser Form hat ausgedient.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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

Further reading
  • “ausdienen” in Duden online
  • “ausdienen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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