auswaschen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sˌvaʃən/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: aus‧wa‧schen
Verb
auswaschen (class 6 strong, third-person singular present wäscht aus, past tense wusch aus, past participle ausgewaschen, past subjunctive wüsche aus, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to wash out (a container, a brush, etc.)
- Wir müssen die Mülleimer auswaschen; die sind voller Maden.
- We must wash out the bins; they are full of maggots.
- (transitive) to wash out (a stain, etc.); to remove by washing
- Den Fleck kann ich auswaschen.
- I can wash out that stain.
- (reflexive) to be washed out; to fade through washing (chiefly of dyes)
- Dein neues Hemd ist schlechte Qualität; die Farbe wäscht sich schon aus.
- Your new shirt is of bad quality; the colour is already fading in the wash.
Usage notes
Conjugation
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Synonyms
- (remove by washing): rauswaschen; rauskriegen (both colloquial)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “auswaschen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “auswaschen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “auswaschen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “auswaschen” in Duden online
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