Before you start
Meet ausstatten
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
All 2 meanings
- to equip
- to endow, provide, furnish, stock
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