erwerben

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German erwerben, from Old High German irwerban. Equivalent to er- +‎ werben. Compare Dutch verwerven. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁbən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bm̩] Hyphenation: er‧wer‧ben === Verb === erwerben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present erwirbt, past tense erwarb, past participle erworben, past subjunctive erwürbe, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to earn, gain, acquire Synonym: erlangen (transitive) to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause) (transitive) to purchase, acquire (grandiose trope for an act of buying but never in legal language) Synonym: kaufen (medicine, psychology) to gradually develop, acquire, learn (as opposed to being born with) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Erwerben, Erwerber, Erwerbung, Erwerb erwerbend, erworben === Further reading === “erwerben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “erwerben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “erwerben” in Duden online “erwerben” in OpenThesaurus.de