Before you start
Meet ausstatten
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
aus- + statten
- aus-
- completing or filling something out
- statten
- to furnish or provide
You furnish something out with what it needs, leaving it properly equipped.
So ausstatten means to furnish, equip, or provide.
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·statten
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 clauseIch statte die Küche morgen aus.I am furnishing the kitchen tomorrow.
Subordinate clause…, weil wir das Haus mit neuen Möbeln ausstatten.…, because we are furnishing the house with new furniture.
Participle: ausgestattetzu-infinitive: auszustatten
Forms
How ausstatten changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | statte aus | stattete aus |
| du | stattest aus | stattetest aus |
| er/sie/es | stattet aus | stattete aus |
| wir | statten aus | statteten aus |
| ihr | stattet aus | stattetet aus |
| Sie | statten aus | statteten aus |
Partizip II ausgestattet · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Wir statten das Zimmer neu aus.We are furnishing the room with new things.prefix goes to the end
- 2Die Schule hat alle Kinder mit Büchern ausgestattet.The school has provided all the children with books.Perfekt with haben
- 3Dass die Firma das Büro gut ausstattet, ist wichtig.It is important that the company equips the office well.verb at the end after dass
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausstatten + das Zimmer
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say what you equip the room with.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
They equipped it with newneu chairsder Stuhl, die Stühle.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the newneu schooldie Schule openedöffnen, we equipped it with tablesder Tisch, die Tische.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I equipped the kitchendie Küche with a newneu tableder Tisch because we had more spaceder Platz.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The hoteldas Hotel that they equipped with newneu bedsdas Bett, die Betten is near the beachder Strand.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
We have to equip the roomdas Zimmer with a smallklein tableder Tisch.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She savedsparen moneydas Geld to equip the flatdie Wohnung with a kitchendie Küche.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you equip the officedas Büro with computersder Computer, die Computer for them?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausstatten + das Zimmer + dass
Your challenge
- 1Start with a main clause expressing hope.
- 2Add a dass-clause using ausstatten.
- 3Say what the room is equipped with.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
Which room at home would you like to equip, and with what?
Your challenge
- 1Answer in one German sentence.
- 2Use ausstatten with a room and something to furnish it with.