ausbreiten

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German

Etymology

aus- +‎ breiten

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaʊsˌbʁaɪ̯tn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: aus‧brei‧ten

Verb

ausbreiten (weak, third-person singular present breitet aus, past tense breitete aus, past participle ausgebreitet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to spread, spread out
    Die Wellen breiteten sich über dem Teich aus.The ripples spread out across the pond.
    Die Zeltunterlage wird auf dem Boden ausgebreitet.The tent pad is spread out on the ground.
    • 1919, Aleksey Remizov, translated by Arthur Luther, Legenden und Geschichten (fiction), Leipzig: Kurt Wolff, →ISBN:
      Die Menschen wurden geboren und breiteten sich über die Erde aus; […]
      People were born and spread out across the Earth;
  2. to extend
  3. to stretch out

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