Ausführung

execution

noun OWS-fü-rung Less Common

Also means

version

Usage Note

Ausführung comes from the separable verb ausführen ('to carry out') and means the carrying-out of a plan or task. In commerce it also means a 'version' or 'model', as in die luxuriöse Ausführung ('the luxury version').

Examples

"Die Ausführung dauerte zwei Tage."

Natural Translation

The execution took two days.

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