auslösen

German

Etymology

aus- + lösen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯sløːzn̩], [ˈʔaʊ̯sløːzən]
  • (file)

Verb

auslösen (third-person singular simple present löst aus, past tense löste aus, past participle ausgelöst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to trigger, to initiate, to cause
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 39/2010, page 88:
      Den nächsten Börsencrash lösen womöglich Maschinen aus. Grund: Die Aktiengeschäfte werden mehr und mehr von ultraschnellen Computerprogrammen dominiert.
      The next stock market crash may be triggered by machines. The reason: share transactions are more and more dominated by ultra-fast computer programs.
  2. to ransom

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