ersparen

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛrˈʃpaːrən/, [ɛɐ̯ˈʃpaː.ʁən], [-ˈʃpaː(ɐ̯)n]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: er‧spa‧ren

Verb

ersparen (weak, third-person singular present erspart, past tense ersparte, past participle erspart, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to save, save up, put aside (money) (usually with reflexive dative, but may be left out in order to distinguish more clearly from sense 2)
    Synonym: ansparen
    Er verlor alles, was er (sich) erspart hatte.
    He lost everything he had saved up.
  2. (transitive, + dative) to spare, save someone something (undesirable or superfluous)
    Ich erspare Ihnen die Einzelheiten.
    I’ll spare you the details.
    Erspar dir den Ärger und bleib hier!
    Save yourself the trouble and stay here!

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “ersparen” in Duden online
  • “ersparen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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