Before you start
Meet ausnehmen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
aus- + nehmen
- aus-
- out, away from the inside or from a group
- nehmen
- to take
Take something out: remove an animal’s innards, leave someone out of a rule, or colloquially take someone for all they have.
So ausnehmen means to gut; to exempt or exclude; colloquially, to exploit or fleece.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Verb family
More verbs built on nehmen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- annehmento accept, assume
- aufnehmento record, include
- zunehmento increase
- einnehmento take up, in
- vornehmento plan
- abnehmento decrease, reduce
- teilnehmento take part
- wahrnehmento perceive, detect
Separable verb: aus·nehmen
In a main clause the prefix aus splits off and goes to the end. After weil, dass and other subordinating words, the verb stays in one piece at the end.
Main clauseWir nehmen ihn von der Pflicht aus.We exempt him from the duty.
Subordinate clauseSie bleibt, weil der Chef sie ausnimmt.She stays because the boss exempts her.
Participle: ausgenommenzu-infinitive: auszunehmen
Forms
How ausnehmen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | nehme aus | nahm aus |
| du | nimmst aus | nahmst aus |
| er/sie/es | nimmt aus | nahm aus |
| wir | nehmen aus | nahmen aus |
| ihr | nehmt aus | nahmt aus |
| Sie | nehmen aus | nahmen aus |
Partizip II ausgenommen · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Ich nehme dich von der Regel aus.I exempt you from the rule.prefix goes to the end
- 2Er hat den Fisch ausgenommen.He gutted the fish.Perfekt with haben
- 3Sie sagt, dass das Gesetz kleine Firmen ausnimmt.She says that the law exempts small companies.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausnehmen + der Fisch
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Use der Fisch as the thing being gutted.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
My uncleder Onkel gutted it yesterdaygestern.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When we were childrendas Kind, die Kinder, our grandfatherder Großvater always exempted us from the ruledie Regel.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The shopkeeperder Verkäufer took advantage of him because he was aloneallein.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The ruledie Regel that exempts childrendas Kind, die Kinder is newneu.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You must not exempt him from the ruledie Regel.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She triedversuchen to exempt her sonder Sohn from the ruledie Regel.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Who did the shopkeeperder Verkäufer take advantage of?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausnehmen + der Freund + obwohl
Your challenge
- 1Start with an obwohl-clause.
- 2Use an accusative pronoun for der Freund.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Has anyone ever taken advantage of you?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in the Perfekt.
- 2Say who took advantage of you.