Before you start
Meet ausscheiden
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
aus- + scheiden
- aus-
- out of a group or process
- scheiden
- to separate or part
To separate out from a group or process is to leave it or be eliminated.
So ausscheiden means to leave, withdraw, or be eliminated.
A memory aid, not a rule: prefixes change meaning from verb to verb.
Learning approach inspired by this explanation in r/German.
Separable verb: aus·scheiden
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 clauseDer Spieler scheidet heute aus.The player is eliminated today.
Subordinate clauseIch hoffe, dass der Spieler ausscheidet.I hope that the player is eliminated.
Participle: ausgeschiedenzu-infinitive: auszuscheiden
Forms
How ausscheiden changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | scheide aus | schied aus |
| du | scheidest aus | schiedest aus |
| er/sie/es | scheidet aus | schied aus |
| wir | scheiden aus | schieden aus |
| ihr | scheidet aus | schiedet aus |
| Sie | scheiden aus | schieden aus |
Partizip II ausgeschieden · Perfekt with sein
Three examples
- 1Unser Team scheidet heute aus.Our team is eliminated today.present, prefix at the end
- 2Sie ist aus dem Verein ausgeschieden.She left the club.Perfekt with sein
- 3Ich weiß, dass er aus der Firma ausscheidet.I know that he is leaving the company.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausscheiden + der Spieler
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He has already been eliminated.
Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When he left the teamdas Team, die Teams, we were very sadtraurig.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She is leaving the competitionder Wettbewerb, die Wettbewerbe because she is illkrank.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The playerder Spieler, die Spieler who was eliminated yesterday is my friendder Freund, die Freunde.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He must leave the teamdas Team, die Teams tomorrowmorgen.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She hopeshoffen not to be eliminated from the competitionder Wettbewerb, die Wettbewerbe.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Would you leave the teamdas Team, die Teams if you had another offerdas Angebot, die Angebote?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausscheiden + dass
Your challenge
- 1Use a dass-clause.
- 2Put the verb at the end of that clause.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Have you ever left a club or team? Answer in one sentence.
Your challenge
- 1Answer with the Perfekt.
- 2Say which club or team you left.