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Aus

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English

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Proper noun

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Aus

  1. Abbreviation of Australia.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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Calque of English out. Doublet of Out.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Aus n (strong, genitive Aus, no plural)

  1. (sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
  2. (sports) the out of bounds area
    Der Ball war schon im Aus.The ball was already out (of play).
  3. end, cancellation, failure (of a company, policy, venture, etc.; typically for economic or political reasons)
    vor dem Aus stehento 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.

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Further reading

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  • Aus” in Duden online