ausheben

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ūzheben, from Old High German ūzheffen. Equivalent to aus- +‎ heben. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯sˌheːbn̩], /ˈaʊ̯sˌheːbən/ Hyphenation: aus‧he‧ben === Verb === ausheben (class 6 strong, third-person singular present hebt aus, past tense hob aus or (archaic) hub aus, past participle ausgehoben, past subjunctive höbe aus or (archaic) hübe aus, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to excavate, to trench, to ditch, to dig (any kind of hole in the ground) Synonyms: ausbaggern, ausgraben, ausschachten, ausschaufeln (transitive) to raid, to bust, to break up (a criminal gang) (transitive, sports, wrestling) to lift the opponent off their feet in order to bring them down (transitive, officialese) to locate, to dig out, to extract (a document, a record, a contract etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ausheben, Ausheber, Aushebung aushebend, ausgehoben ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “ausheben” in Duden online “ausheben”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “ausheben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon