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ausbauen

German, verb

ausbauen is a German verb meaning “to remove a part from a machine or device” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ausbauen is a different word: “dative plural of Ausbau”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Teil aus einer Maschine, einer technischen Anlage herausnehmen”.

What does ausbauen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to remove a part from a machine or device

  2. 2

    to extend

  3. 3

    to rebuild something into something else, to serve another purpose

noun

as Ausbauen
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Ausbau

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. ein Teil aus einer Maschine, einer technischen Anlage herausnehmen 2. etwas planmäßig vergrößern, erweitern 3. etwas vergrößern oder verbessern

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of ausbauen

  • baut aus present singular third-person
  • baute aus past
  • ausgebaut participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • ausbauend participle present
  • auszubauen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • baue aus first-person indicative present
  • bauen aus first-person indicative plural
  • baust aus indicative present second-person
  • bauest aus second-person singular subjunctive
  • bauet aus plural second-person subjunctive
  • bauten aus first-person indicative plural
  • bautest aus indicative preterite second-person
  • bautet aus indicative plural preterite
  • bau aus! imperative singular
  • baue aus! imperative singular
  • baut aus! imperative plural
  • ausgebaut haben active infinitive perfect

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to ausbauen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ausbauen in German?

ausbauen appears 6.8 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).