auskommen

Meaning

  1. (class-4, strong) to get along
  2. (class-4, strong) to be able to get by
  3. (Germany, Western, Westphalia, class-4, regional, strong) to be fitting or convenient
  4. (class-4, strong) to succeed, to work out
  5. (archaic, class-4, literally, strong) to break out, to hatch, to go out

Synonyms

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

uuskoo

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʔaʊ̯sˌkɔmən/
Etymology

In summary

aus- + kommen. For the western German sense compare Dutch uitkomen.

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