erben

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German erben, from Old High German *erben, from Proto-West Germanic *arbijan, from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną, denominative from *arbiją.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛʁbn̩/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁbn̩
  • Hyphenation: er‧ben

Verb

erben (weak, third-person singular present erbt, past tense erbte, past participle geerbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to inherit (as a bequest or by genetics)
    Synonym: übernehmen
    Antonyms: vererben, hinterlassen

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “orphan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • erben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • erben” in Duden online
  • erben” in OpenThesaurus.de