Aus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aus"

English

Aus

Calque of English out. Doublet of Out.

Aus n (strong, genitive Aus, no plural)

(sports) an out; the end of play for an individual or a team
(sports) the out of bounds area
Der Ball war schon im Aus. ― The ball was already out (of play).
end, cancellation, failure (of a company, policy, venture, etc.; typically for economic or political reasons)
vor dem Aus stehen ― to be faced with cancellation
- 1997 July 4, Wolfgang Proissl, “Teurer Kompromiß”, in Die Zeit‎^[1], number 28/1997, archived from the original on 23 February 2017:
  Grund für die Vorwürfe ist das endgültige Aus des belgischen Renault-Werks in Vilvoorde bei Brüssel.
  The reason for the accusations is the final closure of the Belgian Renault factory in Vilvoorde near Brussels.
- 2012 April 16, Die Welt‎^[2], archived from the original on 12 April 2013, page 20:
  Der größte europäische Erdbeobachtungssatellit „Envisat“ steht nach einem Totalausfall der Kommunikationssysteme vor dem Aus.
  The largest European Earth-observing satellite "Envisat" faces its end after a total failure of the communication systems.

Declension of Aus [sg-only, neuter, strong]