Before you start
Meet ausscheiden
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 4 meanings
- to secrete
- (medicine, physiology) to excrete, to eliminate
- (sports) to leave, to be eliminated
- to be ruled out, to be excluded
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