ermatten

German

Etymology

er- +‎ matt +‎ -en

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈmatn̩]
  • Hyphenation: er‧mat‧ten
  • Audio(file)

Verb

ermatten (weak, third-person singular present ermattet, past tense ermattete, past participle ermattet, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to become weak or limp, to lose strength
  2. (intransitive) to lose shine, to become dull
  3. (transitive) to make weak, to weaken
  4. (transitive) to make dull, to cause to lose shine

Usage notes

When used transitively, the perfect auxiliary is haben; when used intransitively, it is sein.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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