Before you start
Meet ausstellen
Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.
Build the meaning
aus- + stellen
- aus-
- outward, into view
- stellen
- to put or place
You place something out where it can be seen—or put a document forth for someone.
So ausstellen means to display or exhibit; to issue or make out a document.
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 stellen
Same base verb, a different prefix, a new meaning.
- vorstellento introduce, imagine
- darstellento depict, portray
- feststellento establish, detect
- einstellento adjust, employ, stop
- herstellento produce
- aufstellento put up, draw up
- anstellento employ, line up, get into mischief
- herausstellento emphasize, come to light
Separable verb: aus·stellen
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 clauseDie Schule stellt Schülerarbeiten aus.The school displays students’ work.
Subordinate clauseWir bleiben hier, weil das Amt einen Pass ausstellt.We’re staying here because the office issues a passport.
Participle: ausgestelltzu-infinitive: auszustellen
Forms
How ausstellen changes
| Pronoun | Präsens | Präteritum |
|---|---|---|
| ich | stelle aus | stellte aus |
| du | stellst aus | stelltest aus |
| er/sie/es | stellt aus | stellte aus |
| wir | stellen aus | stellten aus |
| ihr | stellt aus | stelltet aus |
| Sie | stellen aus | stellten aus |
Partizip II ausgestellt · Perfekt with haben
Three examples
- 1Das Museum stellt alte Bilder aus.The museum displays old pictures.displaying pictures
- 2Die Ärztin hat mir ein Rezept ausgestellt.The doctor issued me a prescription.Perfekt with haben
- 3Ich gehe zur Bank, weil sie neue Karten ausstellt.I’m going to the bank because it issues new cards.verb at the end after weil
Task 1 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausstellen + das Bild
Your challenge
- 1Use the present tense.
- 2Say where you display das Bild.
Task 2 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
The doctorder Arzt, die Ärztin issued it yesterday.
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Task 3 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
When the shopdas Geschäft opened, it displayed them in the windowdas Fenster.
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Task 4 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
She went to the officedas Büro because they issued her a new carddie Karte.
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Task 5 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
I spokesprechen to the man who issued my passportder Pass, die Pässe.
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Task 6 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
You can have the doctor issue your certificatedas Attest, die Atteste today.
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Task 7 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
He forgot to issue the billdie Rechnung, die Rechnungen.
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Task 8 of 10 · Translate
Translate into German:
Could you issue me a new carddie Karte?
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Task 9 of 10 · Build a sentence
Build a German sentence using these words:
ausstellen + dass + der Arzt
Your challenge
- 1Start with Ich hoffe.
- 2Use a dass-clause.
- 3Say what the doctor issues and put the verb at the end.
Task 10 of 10 · Free writing
Answer in one full German sentence:
What document would you like someone to issue for you?
Your challenge
- 1Answer with one sentence using ausstellen.
- 2Say which document you would like issued.