Verb

aus|machte

Translation

turned off, made up, constituted, mattered

Er machte das Licht aus.

He turned off the light.

Das machte mir gar nichts aus.

That didn't bother me at all.

Ihr Mut machte den Unterschied aus.

Her courage made the difference.

((et4)) ausmachen to turn sth. off He turned the light off.

((et4)) ausmachen to constitute sth. This makes up 10% of the total.

((j-m)) nichts ausmachen not to matter to sb. The weather didn't matter to him.

((et4)) mit ((j-m)) ausmachen to agree on sth. with sb. They agreed on a meeting point.

Synonyms: ausschalten (to switch off), betragen (to amount to); Antonyms: anmachen (to turn on), einschalten (to switch on)

From 'aus' (out, off) and 'machen' (to make). Literally 'to make out' or 'to make off', leading to meanings like 'turn off' or 'constitute'.

Think of 'making' the light go 'out' (aus). For 'constitute', think of what 'makes up' the whole.