No. 4,167 in German
ausmalen
"Ausmalen" means "to color in" or "to imagine vividly."
In a sentence
Ich möchte das Bild mit vielen Farben ausmalen.
I want to color the picture with many colors.
Here, "ausmalen" refers to the action of coloring or filling in an image with colors.
Er hat sich die Zukunft in seinen Gedanken ausgemalt.
He imagined the future in his thoughts.
In this context, "ausmalen" means to vividly imagine or visualize something in detail.
Wir können uns die Möglichkeiten gar nicht ausmalen.
We cannot even vividly imagine the possibilities.
Here, "ausmalen" is used in an abstract sense, referring to imaginative consideration or envisioning scenarios.
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