erwerben
See also: Erwerben
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German erwerben, from Old High German irwerban. Equivalent to er- + werben. Compare Dutch verwerven.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁbən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bm̩]
Audio: (file) Audio: (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: er‧wer‧ben
Verb
editerwerben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present erwirbt, past tense erwarb, past participle erworben, past subjunctive erwürbe, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to earn, gain, acquire
- Synonym: erlangen
- Er hat zwei Doktortitel erworben.
- He has earned two doctoral degrees.
- Sie hat sich ausgezeichnete Computerkenntnisse erworben.
- She has gained excellent computer skills.
- (transitive) to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause)
- Als Alleinerbe meines Vaters habe ich Eigentum an diesem Grundstück erworben.
- As the sole heir of my father, I have succeeded into the ownership of this land lot.
- (Can we date this quote?), BGB, (Please provide the book title or journal name), § 854 I:
- Der Besitz einer Sache wird durch die Erlangung der tatsächlichen Gewalt über die Sache erworben.
- Possession of a material object is acquired by obtaining the factual power over the material object.
- (transitive) to purchase, acquire (grandiose trope for an act of buying but never in legal language)
- Synonym: kaufen
- In Mailand konnte ich diese wunderschöne Stola erwerben.
- In Milan I was able to purchase this wonderful stole.
- (medicine, psychology) to gradually develop, acquire, learn (as opposed to being born with)
- Ein erworbenes und nicht angeborenes Verhalten.
- An acquired but not innate behavior.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | erwerben | ||||
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present participle | erwerbend | ||||
past participle | erworben | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erwerbe | wir erwerben | i | ich erwerbe | wir erwerben |
du erwirbst | ihr erwerbt | du erwerbest | ihr erwerbet | ||
er erwirbt | sie erwerben | er erwerbe | sie erwerben | ||
preterite | ich erwarb | wir erwarben | ii | ich erwürbe1 | wir erwürben1 |
du erwarbst | ihr erwarbt | du erwürbest1 du erwürbst1 |
ihr erwürbet1 ihr erwürbt1 | ||
er erwarb | sie erwarben | er erwürbe1 | sie erwürben1 | ||
imperative | erwirb (du) | erwerbt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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