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German
Etymology
er- + leben
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːbm̩/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːbən/
- Hyphenation: er‧le‧ben
Verb
erleben (weak, third-person singular present erlebt, past tense erlebte, past participle erlebt, auxiliary haben)
- to experience
Wir erleben gerade einige Turbulenzen.- We are experiencing some turbulence right now.
1930, Paul Joachimsen, “Der Humanismus und die Entwicklung des deutschen Geistes”, in Deutsche Vierteljahrsschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Geistesgeschichte, 8, page 467:Und nun kommt die Reformation selbst. Die größte geistige Umwälzung, die je ein Volk des Abendlandes erlebt hat.- And now comes the Reformation itself. The largest spiritual upheaval that was ever experienced by a nation of the Occident.
- to see, live to see, witness
1983, “14 Tage”, in Glut und Asche, performed by Fehlfarben:Ich schloss die Tür ohne ein Wort / Und schrie in der Nacht herum / 14 Tage sind zu kurz um alles zu erleben- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to undergo
Conjugation
Conjugation of
erleben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
erleben (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “erleben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erleben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erleben” in Duden online
- “erleben” in OpenThesaurus.de