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außen

outside

adverb OW-sen Less Common
Travel & Places Directions

Also means

externally

Usage Note

außen is the adverb for the outer surface, as in von außen ('from the outside'). It contrasts with innen ('inside') and feeds compounds like Außenseite ('outer side') and Außenpolitik ('foreign policy'). To say you go outside, German uses nach draußen, not außen.

Examples

"Das Haus ist außen weiß."

Natural Translation

The house is white on the outside.

Literal Translation

The house is outside white.

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