ergreifen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German ergreifen, from Old High German irgreifōn. Equivalent to er- +‎ greifen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛʁˈɡʁaɪfən/, /ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaɪ̯fn̩/ Hyphenation: er‧grei‧fen === Verb === ergreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present ergreift, past tense ergriff, past participle ergriffen, auxiliary haben) to seize, capture to take up (a job, etc.) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Ergreifen, Ergreifung ergreifend, ergriffen === Further reading === “ergreifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “ergreifen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “ergreifen” in Duden online “ergreifen” in OpenThesaurus.de