eröffnen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German eroffenen, from Old High German iroffanōn. Equivalent to er- +‎ öffnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔœfnən/
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  • Hyphenation: er‧öff‧nen

Verb

eröffnen (weak, third-person singular present eröffnet, past tense eröffnete, past participle eröffnet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to open (to the public)
    Die neue Galerie eröffnet am Montag.The new gallery opens on Monday.
    Zwei Straßen weiter hat ein neuer Italiener eröffnet.A new Italian restaurant has opened two streets down.
  2. (transitive) to open, begin, commence an event (usually with many participants)
    Die Sitzung ist eröffnet.The meeting is now in session.
    Die Polizei eröffnete das Feuer.The police opened fire.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to open (also figuratively) thus far as to become accessible or available, to open up
    • 1785, Karl Philipp Moritz, Anton Reiser, Frankfurt am Main: Insel Verlag, published 1979, Erster Teil, page 42:
      Es war schon im Winter und die Türe auswendig mit Tuch behangen; Antons Vater eröffnete sie.
      It was winter already and the door draped from the outside with cloth. Anthony’s father opened it.
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, pages 119–120:
      Die Möglichkeit einer neuen, und zwar einer journalistischen Laufbahn, schien sich ihm zu eröffnen.
      The possibility of a new, namely a journalistic career, seemed to open up to him.
  4. (transitive) to inform about something (often something unexpected)

Conjugation

Further reading

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