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out of town
Indicates the direction away from the center of a city. It describes a movement or location leading away from the city center.
Wir fahren stadtauswärts, um ins Grüne zu kommen.
We're driving out of town to get into the countryside.
The adverb 'stadtauswärts' (out of town) is made up of two parts: 'Stadt' (city) and 'auswärts' (outward). So it literally describes movement outward from the city.
Die neue U-Bahn-Linie fährt jetzt auch weiter stadtauswärts.
The new subway line now also goes farther out of town.
As an adverb, 'stadtauswärts' (out of town) can stand in different positions in the sentence. It often comes after the conjugated verb or in position 1, which triggers inversion (verb before subject).
Wir sind am Sonntag stadtauswärts geradelt.
We cycled out of town on Sunday.
'Stadtauswärts' (out of town) is almost always combined with verbs of movement. Typical examples are 'fahren' (to drive/ride), 'gehen' (to go/walk), 'laufen' (to walk/run), or 'ziehen' (to move).
Viele junge Familien ziehen stadtauswärts, weil die Mieten dort günstiger sind.
Many young families are moving out of town because the rents are cheaper there.
out / beyond
'hinaus' and 'stadtauswärts' both describe a direction outward or away from an inner area. 'hinaus' is general: you go outside from a room, house, or other limited place. 'stadtauswärts' is more specific and means in the direction away from the city center. The words can be confused because both express movement outward. If it is only about a room or building, 'hinaus' fits. If it is about traffic or routes in a city, 'stadtauswärts' is more precise.
Die Straßenbahn fährt stadtauswärts bis zum neuen Wohngebiet.
The tram goes out of town as far as the new residential area.
Nach dem langen Meeting gingen wir kurz hinaus an die frische Luft.
After the long meeting, we went outside briefly for some fresh air.