{"id":5232,"date":"2014-07-20T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-20T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2017-11-15T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T14:59:24","slug":"aus-vs-von","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/german\/aus-vs-von\/","title":{"rendered":"Aus vs. Von"},"content":{"rendered":"

In German, the issue between von<\/em> and aus<\/em> is not a very prevalent one. But it can be confusing when learning German from English, since von<\/em> and aus<\/em> are both used for its English equivalent “from.” So, here is a clarification where von <\/em>is used, and where aus <\/em>is used in cases where they can conflict.<\/p>\n

In general:<\/p>\n

Aus = out of<\/strong><\/p>\n

Von = from\/of<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Location<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wir kommen vom Bahnhof<\/em> (We come from the station).<\/p>\n

Er ist von hier <\/em>(He is from here).<\/p>\n

It can be used to refer to location, that someone is coming from somewhere. It can conflict here with aus<\/em>. But here, aus <\/em>has more the meaning of “out of”. So:<\/p>\n

Er kommt aus der Kirche <\/em>(He is coming out of the church vs. Er kommt von der Kirche <\/em>(He is coming from the church). But also: Er kommt aus Griechenland\u00a0<\/em>(He comes from Greece- or literally: He comes out of Greece). The same counts for\u00a0Er kommt aus dem S\u00fcden\u00a0<\/em>(He comes out of the south\/out of the south).<\/p>\n

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2. Time indication<\/strong><\/p>\n

Die Zeitung von heute <\/em>(The news paper of today\/Today’s news paper).<\/p>\n

Aus <\/em>is very rarely used in this sense, but there are certain situations where it is possible:<\/p>\n

Eine Erinnerung aus meiner Jugend <\/em>(A memory (out) of my youth).<\/p>\n

Again, here it is a situation where the meaning is the same, but it is more a case of out of <\/em>– it is out of the youth, a certain time frame. It is never used with indications of time such as heute, gestern, vorgestern<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Another way to indicate time is simply with the genitiv<\/em>, where a Noun is used, instead of an adverb like heute <\/em>and gestern<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Die Zeitung letzter Woche <\/em>(The news paper of last week\/Last week’s news paper).<\/p>\n

Nice side note:\u00a0von gestern<\/em>, or even\u00a0von vorgestern\u00a0<\/em>is also used to indicate something old-fashioned, e.g.:<\/p>\n

CDs sind von gestern, aber Kassetten sind von vorgestern!\u00a0<\/em>– CDs are outdated, but cassettes are more outdated!<\/p>\n

3. Material<\/strong><\/p>\n

Der Ring aus Gold <\/em>(The ring (out) of gold\/the golden ring)<\/p>\n

Just always use aus <\/em>for material. Von <\/em>is possible, but it actually never used. So if you see that, it also refers to the material (e.g. Die Mauer von Beton <\/em>– The wall of concrete).<\/p>\n

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And these are all conflicts. Just always keep the out of\/from difference in mind, and you should be fine!<\/p>\n

Please comment if there is anything unclear :-).<\/p>\n

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In German, the issue between von and aus is not a very prevalent one. But it can be confusing when learning German from English, since von and aus are both used for its English equivalent “from.” So, here is a clarification where von is used, and where aus is used in cases where they can…<\/p>\n

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