ergetzen

German

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Verb

ergetzen (weak, third-person singular present ergetzt, past tense ergetzte, past participle ergetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. Archaic form of ergötzen.
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Studierzimmer”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
      Wie du draußen auf dem bergigen Wege, / Durch Rennen und Springen, ergetzt uns hast, / So nimm nun auch von mir die Pflege, / Als ein willkommner stiller Gast.
      As thou, up yonder, with running and leaping / Amused us hast, on the mountain's crest, / So now I take thee into my keeping, / A welcome, but also a silent, guest.

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “ergetzen” in Duden online
  • “ergetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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