Word Frequency (Worthäufigkeit) #31
Word (Wort)

aus

Translation (Übersetzung) out of, from
Pronunciation (Aussprache) /aʊs/
A1
Prepositions
Beginner
Neutral
Tags (Tags)
grammar most-common preposition dative
Preposition indicating origin, source, or movement out of something. Always takes dative case. Thirty-first most frequent word in German.

Examples (Beispiele)

Ich komme aus Berlin.
I come from Berlin.
origin from place
Er geht aus dem Haus.
He goes out of the house.
movement out
Die Tasse ist aus Glas.
The cup is made of glass.
material
Sie nimmt das Buch aus der Tasche.
She takes the book out of the bag.
movement out

Usage & Related Words (Verwendung & verwandte Wörter)

Collocations (Kollokationen)
aus Deutschland
from Germany
High frequency
aus dem Haus
out of the house
High frequency
aus Glas
made of glass
High frequency
Idioms (Redewendungen)
aus und vorbei
over and done with
Something is completely finished
aus Versehen
by mistake, accidentally
Something happened unintentionally
Synonyms (Synonyme)
von High similarity
From (but 'aus' for origin from places, 'von' for other contexts)
Antonyms (Antonyme)
in
Into (opposite direction)

Semantically Related Words (Semantisch verwandte Wörter)

von in ab Präposition

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