outen

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English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English outen, uten, from Old English ūtan (from outside, on the outside, without), from Proto-Germanic *ūtanē (from without, outside of), from Proto-Indo-European *úd (up, over). Cognate with Middle Low German ûten (out, forth), German außen (outside, out), Swedish utan (without, free from). More at out.

Preposition[edit]

outen

  1. (archaic or dialectal) Out; out of; out from.

Adjective[edit]

outen (comparative more outen, superlative most outen)

  1. (chiefly dialectal) Being from without; strange; foreign; peculiar.
    an outen man
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Etymology 2[edit]

From out +‎ -en.

Verb[edit]

outen (third-person singular simple present outens, present participle outening, simple past and past participle outened)

  1. (transitive, chiefly dialectal) To put out; extinguish.
    • 2012, K. A. Kron, Shades of Gray, page 2017:
      I shined the light directly in his eyes, temporarily blinding him, then outened it and ran through the tunnel in the dark as best I could, not knowing where I was going.
    • 2017, Beverly Lewis, The Missing, page 274:
      When Susan said good-night and they outened the lights and headed to their respective rooms, Lettie found her most treasured book of poems.

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English out (verb).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔaʊ̯tn̩]
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Verb[edit]

outen (weak, third-person singular present outet, past tense outete, past participle geoutet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (reflexive, colloquial) to out oneself (reveal oneself as having a certain secret)
    • 2023 January 4, Gabriele Lesser, “Justiz in Polen: Plädoyer für die Todesstrafe”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
      Der polnische Regierungschef Mateusz Morawiecki outet sich als Fan der Todesstrafe. Die Opposition reagiert empört, aber ihre Argumente sind dünn.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (LGBT) to out (reveal (a person) to be secretly homosexual)
    Meine Schwester hat mich bei meinen Eltern geoutet!
    My sister outed me to my parents!
  3. (reflexive, LGBT) to come out of the closet, come out
    Wann hast du dich geoutet?
    When did you come out?

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Further reading[edit]

  • outen” in Duden online
  • outen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache