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(file)
  • Hyphenation: aus‧mer‧zen

Verb

ausmerzen (weak, third-person singular present merzt aus, past tense merzte aus, past participle ausgemerzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to weed out

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ausmerzen” in Duden online
  • “ausmerzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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