erwählen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erweln, erwellen, from Old High German irwellen. Equivalent to er- +‎ wählen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈvɛːlən/, [-vɛːl̩n] (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈveːlən/, [-veːl̩n] (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈveːlɛn/, [-veːl̩n] (Austria) Hyphenation: er‧wäh‧len === Verb === erwählen (weak, third-person singular present erwählt, past tense erwählte, past participle erwählt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to choose, to select (transitive) to elect ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Erwählen, Erwählung auserwählen === Further reading === “erwählen” in Duden online “erwählen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache