Aus
Appearance
See also: Appendix:Variations of "aus"
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aus
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of English out. Doublet of Out.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Aus n (strong, genitive Aus, no plural)
- (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
- (sports) the out of bounds area
- Der Ball war schon im Aus. ― The ball was already out (of play).
- end, cancellation, failure (of a company, policy, venture, etc.; typically for economic or political reasons)
- vor dem Aus stehen ― to be faced with cancellation
- 1997 July 4, Wolfgang Proissl, “Teurer Kompromiß”, in Die Zeit[1], number 28/1997, archived from the original on 23 February 2017:
- Grund für die Vorwürfe ist das endgültige Aus des belgischen Renault-Werks in Vilvoorde bei Brüssel.
- The reason for the accusations is the final closure of the Belgian Renault factory in Vilvoorde near Brussels.
- 2012 April 16, Die Welt[2], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
- Der größte europäische Erdbeobachtungssatellit „Envisat“ steht nach einem Totalausfall der Kommunikationssysteme vor dem Aus.
- The largest European Earth-observing satellite "Envisat" faces its end after a total failure of the communication systems.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Aus [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Aus” in Duden online
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