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Ausreifen

Ausreifen is a German verb meaning to ripen, mature, or to come to full development. It is used for fruits and other produce as well as for organisms, ideas, plans, or processes that reach a state of complete readiness or maturity. The prefix aus- adds the sense of completion or thorough development to the base verb reifen (to ripen).

Morphology and usage: Ausreifen is a separable verb. In the present tense the prefix is separated and

Contexts: In botany and agriculture ausreifen describes the natural ripening of fruits and vegetables. In biology

Notes: Ausreifen emphasizes completion to a fully developed state, while reifen alone can denote ripening without

placed
at
the
end
of
the
clause,
as
in
Die
Früchte
reifen
aus.
The
past
participle
is
ausgereift,
and
it
is
common
to
form
passive
or
perfect
constructions
with
sein,
for
example
Die
Früchte
sind
ausgereift.
The
related
noun
Ausreifung
(or
die
Ausreifung)
refers
to
the
process
of
maturation
or
ripening.
and
psychology
it
can
denote
the
maturation
of
organisms
or
aspects
of
personality
and
behavior.
In
technology,
business,
or
strategy,
ausreifen
conveys
that
a
concept,
plan,
or
system
has
developed
to
its
fully
mature
form.
necessarily
implying
final
maturity.
Related
terms
include
Reifung
(maturation)
and
Ausreifungsprozess
(process
of
maturation).