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austrinken

austrinken

German

Verb

austrinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present trinkt aus, past tense trank aus, past participle ausgetrunken, past subjunctive tränke aus, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, a glass or bottle) to empty
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 36:
      Ein frisch gefülltes Glas Champagner stand vor ihm. Er trank es in einem Zug aus – mit Lust, fast mit Begier.
      A freshly filled glass of champaign was in front of him. He emptied it in one draught – with pleasure, almost with greed.
  2. (transitive, a drink) to finish
  3. (intransitive) to finish one's drink

Conjugation