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auskennen

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German

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Etymology

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    aus- +‎ kennen

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Verb

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    auskennen (irregular weak, third-person singular present kennt aus, past tense kannte aus, past participle ausgekannt, past subjunctive kennte aus, auxiliary haben)

    1. (reflexive) to know one's way around [with in (+ dative) ‘(in) e.g. a town’, auf (+ dative) ‘(on) e.g. an island’, etc.]
      Ich kenne mich in dieser Stadt/auf dieser Insel aus.
      I know my way around this city/island.
    2. (reflexive) to know a lot (about); to have profound and systematic knowledge (of) [with mit (+ dative) ‘a subject’ or (sometimes) in (+ dative) ‘a professional or scientific field’]
      Die kennen sich bestimmt super mit dem Thema aus.
      They are definitely very knowledgeable about the subject.
      Er kennt sich mit/in der Werbebranche aus.
      He knows a lot about the advertising industry.

    Conjugation

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    Further reading

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    • “auskennen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “auskennen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “auskennen” in Duden online
    • “auskennen” in OpenThesaurus.de