ausmerzen

German

Etymology

Possibly from März (“March”), the month in which animals unfit for further breeding were usually singled out from the stock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔaʊsˌmɛʁtsən]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aus‧mer‧zen

Verb

1. to weed out

Derived terms

• Ausmerzen
• Ausmerzung

Further reading

• “ausmerzen” in Duden online