erkranken

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German

Etymology

From er- +‎ krank (sick).

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aŋkn̩
  • Hyphenation: er‧kran‧ken

Verb

erkranken (weak, third-person singular present erkrankt, past tense erkrankte, past participle erkrankt, auxiliary sein)

  1. to fall ill, to sicken
    Synonym: krank werden
    Antonyms: gesund werden, genesen
    an Grippe erkrankt sein
    to have the flu

Conjugation

Further reading

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