ausbeuten

See also: Ausbeuten

German

Etymology

From Middle High German biuten (to treat something as booty), borrowed from Middle Low German bûten (to plunder). More at Beute.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈaʊ̯sbɔɪ̯tn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: aus‧beu‧ten

Verb

ausbeuten (weak, third-person singular present beutet aus, past tense beutete aus, past participle ausgebeutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. to exploit
  2. (technology) to exhaust, to deplete

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ausbeuten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ausbeuten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ausbeuten” in Duden online
  • ausbeuten” in OpenThesaurus.de
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