erledigen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erledigen. Equivalent to er- +‎ ledig +‎ -en. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡŋ̩], [ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪɡən] Hyphenation: er‧le‧di‧gen === Verb === erledigen (weak, third-person singular present erledigt, past tense erledigte, past participle erledigt, auxiliary haben) (obsolete) to free, to liberate, to release Synonyms: befreien, freisetzen to finish, to finalize, to complete, to see to, to handle with the result of completed work (colloquial) to cut off the influence of, to lower in status (slang) to kill, to murk, to duppy ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== abschließen beenden fertigmachen ==== Derived terms ==== Erlediger, Erledigung ==== Related terms ==== Erledigen erledigend, erledigt entledigen === Further reading === “erledigen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erledigen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erledigen” in Duden online “erledigen” in OpenThesaurus.de