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ausgehend

outgoing

adjective OWS-gay-ent Less Common
Grammar & Structure

Also means

departing

Usage Note

ausgehend is the present participle of ausgehen and most often appears as ausgehend von ('proceeding from, based on'). It also describes the late part of a period, e.g. das ausgehende Mittelalter ('the late Middle Ages').

Examples

"Ausgehend von dieser Idee planen wir."

Natural Translation

Starting from this idea, we plan.

Literal Translation

Outgoing from this idea plan we.

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