auslegen

== German == === Alternative forms === außlegen === Etymology === From Middle High German ūʒlegen (“to display, set out; interpret; pronounce; lend money”). By surface analysis, aus- +‎ legen. Compare Yiddish אויסלייגן (oysleygn, “spell (a word); interpret; lend money”), Dutch uitleggen (“explain; interpret”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊsˌleːɡən], [-ɡŋ̩] Hyphenation: aus‧le‧gen === Verb === auslegen (weak, third-person singular present legt aus, past tense legte aus, past participle ausgelegt, auxiliary haben) to lay out, display to interpret, construe (in a certain manner) Synonyms: deuten, interpretieren to advance, to lend (money or items) Synonyms: vorschießen, vorstrecken to design (reflexive, fencing) to adopt the on guard position ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Auslage Auslegung ==== Related terms ==== ausliegen === References === === Further reading === “auslegen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German) “auslegen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “auslegen” in Duden online “auslegen” in OpenThesaurus.de