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to exclude
To deliberately not include someone in a community or group, thereby isolating them socially.
In der Schule wurde er wegen seiner Kleidung von den anderen ausgegrenzt.
At school, he was excluded by the others because of his clothes.
to separate off
To separate something spatially or in terms of content from something else, or to define it clearly.
Der Architekt hat den privaten Bereich des Gartens durch eine hohe Hecke ausgegrenzt.
The architect separated off the private area of the garden with a tall hedge.
'Ausgrenzen' (to exclude) is a separable verb. The prefix 'aus-' comes at the end in a main clause. In subordinate clauses and in the infinitive with 'zu', the verb stays together.
Die anderen Kinder grenzen ihn leider aus.
Unfortunately, the other children exclude him.
The verb consists of the prefix 'aus-' (out) and the verb 'grenzen' (from 'Grenze', border/boundary). So the literal meaning is to position someone or something outside a boundary.
Man sollte niemanden wegen seiner Herkunft ausgrenzen.
One should not exclude anyone because of their background.
The verb is very often used reflexively in the form 'sich ausgegrenzt fühlen' (to feel excluded). It describes the feeling of not being accepted by a group or of being isolated.
Seitdem er umgezogen ist, fühlt er sich in der neuen Stadt ausgegrenzt.
Since he moved, he has felt excluded in the new city.
If you want to name the group from which someone is excluded, use the preposition 'aus' with the dative.
Er wurde aus dem Freundeskreis ausgegrenzt.
He was excluded from the circle of friends.
If the object is a person, it is usually about social isolation. If the object is a thing or a topic, it usually means spatial or content-related separation.
Sie grenzten den neuen Kollegen von Anfang an aus.
They excluded the new colleague from the very beginning.
to exclude / rule out
Both verbs describe a person not belonging to a group or not taking part in a shared activity. Ausschließen tends to emphasize the concrete refusal of participation, while ausgrenzen emphasizes deliberate social isolation. Use ausschließen for a formal decision and ausgrenzen for social rejection.
Die anderen Kinder grenzten den neuen Schüler beim gemeinsamen Training aus.
The other children excluded the new student during the group training session.
Der Trainer schloss den verletzten Spieler vom gemeinsamen Training aus.
The coach excluded the injured player from the group training session.
