Polyglot Dictionary

auswählen

/ˈaʊsˌvɛːlən/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
wählt aus
past
wählte aus
perfect
hat ausgewählt

Meaning

  1. to choose, to select

    Built from aus (out) + wählen (to choose).

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Made of

  • aus out
  • wählen to choose

Similar words

wählen

Auswählen emphasizes selecting FROM a range of options; wählen is more general and also means "to vote" or "to dial" a phone number.

Similar in other languages

English

select

select is the English word for the same thing — both mean "to choose, to select."

Practice

1 What does auswählen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Bitte wähle ein Geschenk ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches auswählen?

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