ausgehen

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaʊ̯sɡeːən/

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From Middle High German ūzgēn, ūzgān, from Old High German ūzgangan, ūzgān, ūzgēn, from Proto-West Germanic *ūtgān, equivalent to aus- +‎ gehen. Cognate with German Low German utgahn, Dutch uitgaan, English outgo, Swedish utgå.

ausgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht aus, past tense ging aus, past participle ausgegangen, auxiliary sein)

1. (intransitive) to go out (to leave one's abode to go to public places)

   Ich gehe nicht in die Disko, weil ich tanzen will, sondern weil ich ausgehen will. ― I am not going to the nightclub because I want to dance, but because I want to go out.

2. (intransitive, of a light, etc.) to go out (to be turned off or extinguished)
   • 1913, Fanny zu Reventlow, Herrn Dames Aufzeichnungen, Albert Langen, page 30:

     Dann ging die Flamme aus, und die Lampe wurde wieder angezündet.

     Then the flame went out, and the lamp was lit again.

3. (intransitive) to run out (to be completely used up or consumed)

   Das Geld für den Hausbau ist ausgegangen. ― The money for building the house has run out.

4. (intransitive, especially of hair, teeth, etc.) to fall out (to come out without being made to do so)

   Meine Haare sind mir schon ausgegangen. ― My hair has already fallen out.

5. (intransitive) to start, to begin; to come, to stem, to lead off, to radiate (to originate (at or from a certain location)) [with von (+ dative) ‘at/from a location’]
6. (intransitive) to start (from), to take as one's starting point
7. (intransitive) to end, turn out (to have a given result)

   Der Krieg ging so schlecht aus, dass er den königlichen Hof verlegen musste ― The war went so badly, that he had to move the royal court

8. (intransitive) to leave, get away, come away (to depart, implying a certain consequence or result, or lack thereof)

   leer ausgehen ― to leave empty-handed

9. (dated) to measure a distance by pacing

• In the sense "to run out", the thing that is becoming scarce is always the subject in German, while in English the possessor of the thing that's becoming scarce can be the subject. For example:

Mir geht der Zucker aus. ― I am running out of sugar. (To me, the sugar is running out.)

In English the subject is "I" but in German the subject is "der Zucker".

• Ausgang
• Ausgehen, Ausgeher, Ausgehung
• ausgehend, ausgegangen

• fremdgehen
• weggehen
• fortgehen

aus- +‎ gehen, a calque of Czech vyjít.

ausgehen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present geht aus, past tense ging aus, past participle ausgegangen, auxiliary sein)

1. (regional, Austria, Bavaria, reflexive) to work, work out, be possible

   Synonyms: gehen, klappen

   So wird sich das nicht ausgehen. ― It's not going to work out that way.

   Ein Bier geht sich noch aus. ― One more beer will work [i.e. there is enough time and money for it].

2. (regional, Austria, Bavaria, reflexive) to be still available (in sufficient quantity to make something possible)

   Die Zeit geht sich aus. ― There is enough time left

   Es gehen sich noch ein paar Stunden Sonnenschein aus ― We still have a few hours of sunlight left.

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