Ausgezogen

Ausgezogen is the past participle of the German verb ausziehen, with the prefix aus- added to ziehen. The verb has several related meanings, including to undress (someone or oneself), to move out of a dwelling, and to pull or extract something from something else. As a participle, ausgezogen can express a completed action or describe a resulting state, depending on the context.

In terms of grammar, the auxiliary verb used with ausziehen depends on the sense. For undressing or removing objects, the perfect tense typically uses haben: Ich habe mir die Jacke ausgezogen. For changing residence or movement, the auxiliary is often sein: Wir sind ausgezogen. In passive constructions or when describing something that has been pulled out, the participle can appear as part of a passive phrase: Der Zahn wurde ausgezogen.

Ausgezogen can also function as an attributive or predicative adjective describing a state resulting from the action, for example: ein ausgezogenes Hemd (a shirt that has been taken off). The word is not usually used as a noun on its own; related nouns include Auszug (meaning move-out, excerpt, or withdrawal in different contexts) and the verb Ausziehen.

See also: Auszug; Ausziehen.