erfahren

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːɐ̯n/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: er‧fah‧ren

Etymology 1

er- +‎ fahren

Verb

erfahren (class 6 strong, third-person singular present erfährt, past tense erfuhr, past participle erfahren, past subjunctive erführe, auxiliary haben)

  1. to find out, learn, to come to know
    Ich habe aus der Zeitung von Helgas Tod erfahren.
    I learned about Helga's death from the newspaper.
    Sie hat gerade erfahren, dass sie schwanger ist.
    She just found out that she is pregnant.
  2. to experience
    Er hat im Leben viel Gutes und Böses erfahren.
    He has experienced a lot of good and bad things in life.
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Participle

erfahren

  1. past participle of erfahren

Adjective

erfahren (strong nominative masculine singular erfahrener, not comparable)

  1. experienced
    Antonym: unerfahren
Declension

Further reading

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