ausrotten

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German

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Etymology

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From aus- (out) +‎ rotten (to clear woods), the latter was a more southern variant of roden, from Middle High German roten, roden, from Proto-Germanic *rudōną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯sˌʁɔtən/
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Verb

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ausrotten (weak, third-person singular present rottet aus, past tense rottete aus, past participle ausgerottet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (originally of plants, now more often figurative) to root out, to eradicate, to extirpate, to purge, to remove entirely
  2. (of people, species, etc.) to exterminate, to kill off, to stamp out, to cause to become extinct

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ausrotten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ausrotten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ausrotten” in Duden online
  • ausrotten” in OpenThesaurus.de