rausgekommen

Rausgekommen is the past participle of the colloquial German verb rauskommen, a informal variant of herauskommen. The term denotes the action of coming out, being released, or becoming known. In standard German the corresponding form is herausgekommen, but rausgekommen is widely used in spoken language and informal writing.

Common uses of rausgekommen include physical movement out of a location, the release or publication of media, and the revelation of information or a truth. Examples include: Ich bin aus dem Zimmer rausgekommen (I came out of the room); Das Buch ist rausgekommen (the book has come out, in informal speech); Die Wahrheit ist rausgekommen (the truth has come out). In perfect tense it often appears with the auxiliary sein: Es ist rausgekommen. Eventually, the expression can also appear in a broader sense of “turn out” or “become evident.”

Origin and form notes: rauskommen is a separable verb with the prefix raus-, a colloquial form related to heraus. The past participle rausgekommen is formed with ge- plus the stem kommen, parallel to herausgekommen in formal usage. Because rauskommen is informal, rausgekommen tends to appear in casual conversation, interviews, blogs, and popular media rather than in formal writing, where herausgekommen or erschienen might be preferred depending on context.

See also:

- herauskommen

- erscheinen

- rausklingen

- raus (prefix)