ergreifen

German

Etymology

er- +‎ greifen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁˈɡʁaɪfən/, IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩/
  • Audio (Germany)(file)
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  • Hyphenation: er‧grei‧fen

Verb

ergreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present ergreift, past tense ergriff, past participle ergriffen, auxiliary haben)

  1. to seize, capture
  2. to take up (a job, etc.)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ergreifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “ergreifen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “ergreifen” in Duden online
  • “ergreifen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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