auserkiesen

== German == === Etymology === From aus- +‎ erkiesen, from Middle High German erkiesen, from Old High German arkiosan. Compare English choose, Dutch kiezen. === Pronunciation === === Verb === auserkiesen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present (obsolete) erkiest aus, past tense erkor aus, past participle auserkoren, past subjunctive erköre aus, auxiliary haben) (transitive, higher register) to choose ==== Usage notes ==== Auserkiesen (along with its synonym erkiesen) is a defective verb in modern standard German: Its past participle and (to a lesser extent) preterite forms are still in use, while the infinitive and present forms are obsolete, and not known to nor understood by most native speakers. ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “auserkiesen” in Duden online “auserkiesen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)