erben

See also: Erben

German

Etymology

From Middle High German erben, from Old High German *erben, from Proto-West Germanic *arbijan, from Proto-Germanic *arbijaną, denominative from *arbiją.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛʁbn̩/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁbn̩
  • Hyphenation: er‧ben

Verb

erben (weak, third-person singular present erbt, past tense erbte, past participle geerbt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to inherit (as a bequest or by genetics)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “orphan”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

  • erben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • erben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • erben” in Duden online
  • erben” in OpenThesaurus.de
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