erschließen

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From er- + schließen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsn̩], [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsən]
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Verb

erschließen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present erschließt, past tense erschloss, past participle erschlossen, past subjunctive erschlösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. to exploit or develop
  2. to tap
  3. to infer or deduce
  4. to extrapolate

Usage notes

  • Before the 1996 German spelling reform, the past tense was conjugated as erschloß, erschlossest/erschloßt, erschloß, erschlossen, erschloßt, erschlossen, while the reformed spellings use erschloss- consistently.

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