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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛʁbn̩/ Rhymes: -ɛʁbn̩ Hyphenation: er‧ben === Verb === erben (weak, third-person singular present erbt, past tense erbte, past participle geerbt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to inherit (as a bequest or by genetics) Synonym: übernehmen Antonyms: vererben, hinterlassen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== References ==== === Further reading === “erben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erben” in Duden online “erben” in OpenThesaurus.de