English–German
“rip off” in German
German
Pronunciation
IPA/ˈaʊ̯sˌneːmən/
Example
Der Verkäufer nimmt die Kundin aus.
The salesperson is ripping off the customer.
How to say “rip off” in German
“Rip off” in German is ausnehmen.
A hand pulls valuable contents out of a container, leaving it hollow; the same pattern extends to taking money from a person.
Example sentences with ausnehmen
Im Urlaub haben ihn Händler auf dem Markt ausgenommen.
While on vacation, vendors at the market ripped him off.
Tips for using ausnehmen
- In the sense 'rip off', ausnehmen takes a person as its accusative object, as in jemanden ausnehmen; the separable form is nimmt jemanden aus.