auslösen

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German

Etymology

aus- +‎ lösen

Pronunciation

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Verb

auslösen (weak, third-person singular present löst aus, past tense löste aus, past participle ausgelöst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to trigger, to initiate, to cause
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 39/2010, page 88:
      Den nächsten Börsencrash lösen womöglich Maschinen aus. Grund: Die Aktiengeschäfte werden mehr und mehr von ultraschnellen Computerprogrammen dominiert.
      The next stock market crash may be triggered by machines. The reason: share transactions are more and more dominated by ultra-fast computer programs.
  2. to ransom

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Further reading

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