ersetzen

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German

Etymology

er- +‎ setzen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsn̩/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsən/
  • (file)

Verb

ersetzen (weak, third-person singular present ersetzt, past tense ersetzte, past participle ersetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, often with durch (by/with)) to replace, to substitute
    Ich ersetze mein altes Auto durch ein neues.
    I'm replacing my old car with a new one.
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 53:
      Öllämpchen brannte niemand mehr. Zuerst waren sie durch Petroleum und Gas ersetzt worden, dann war die Elektrizität gekommen, […]
      Nobody burnt little oil lamps anymore. First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come,

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Further reading

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

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German irsezzen; equivalent to er- +‎ setzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eʀˈzæt͡sen/, ,

Verb

ersetzen (third-person singular present ersetzt, past participle ersat, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to replace
  2. (transitive) to substitute, to exchange
  3. (transitive) to compensate for, to make up for

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive ersetzen
participle ersat
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular ersetzen
2nd singular ersetz ersetz
3rd singular ersetzt
1st plural ersetzen
2nd plural ersetzt ersetzt
3rd plural ersetzen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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