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German
Etymology
From Middle High German eroffenen, from Old High German iroffanōn. Equivalent to er- + öffnen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔœfnən/
- Hyphenation: er‧öff‧nen
Verb
eröffnen (weak, third-person singular present eröffnet, past tense eröffnete, past participle eröffnet, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) to inform about something (often something unexpected)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
eröffnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
eröffnen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “eröffnen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eröffnen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eröffnen” in Duden online
- “eröffnen” in OpenThesaurus.de