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Questions & Answers about Bring die Kisten raus!
What exactly is raus short for in this sentence?
raus is the everyday spoken short form of both hinaus (moving out away from the speaker) and heraus (moving out towards the speaker). In spoken German, people usually just use the 'r-' form (raus) instead of worrying about the exact direction of the movement.
Why is raus at the very end of the sentence?
Here, raus acts like a separable prefix for the verb bringen, creating the compound verb rausbringen (to bring out). In a main clause or a command like this one, the separable prefix always gets kicked to the very end of the sentence.
Could I use aus instead of raus here?
No, because aus is a preposition meaning 'out of' and requires you to name the place (like aus dem Zimmer). When you just want to express the direction 'outside' without naming the specific place, you must use a directional adverb like raus.
Why is the verb just Bring without any ending?
This is an informal command for one person (the du imperative). To form it, you take the regular present tense du bringst and drop both the pronoun du and the -st ending, leaving just Bring.