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Ausstellung

exhibition

noun OWS-shtel-ung Less Common

Also means

issuance

Usage Note

Ausstellung combines the separable prefix aus- with stellen ('to put'), literally a 'putting out' on display. Beyond art and trade shows, it also means the 'issuing' of a document, as in die Ausstellung eines Passes (the issuing of a passport).

Examples

"Die Ausstellung beginnt am Freitag."

Natural Translation

The exhibition starts on Friday.

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