ersetzen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsn̩/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsən/
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Verb
ersetzen (weak, third-person singular present ersetzt, past tense ersetzte, past participle ersetzt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, often with durch (by/with)) to replace, to substitute
- Ich ersetze mein altes Auto durch ein neues.
- I'm replacing my old car with a new one.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 53:
- Öllämpchen brannte niemand mehr. Zuerst waren sie durch Petroleum und Gas ersetzt worden, dann war die Elektrizität gekommen, […]
- Nobody burnt little oil lamps anymore. First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, […]
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
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Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German irsezzen; equivalent to er- + setzen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eʀˈzæt͡sen/, [ɐˈzæt͡sən], [ɛə̯-]
Verb
ersetzen (third-person singular present ersetzt, past participle ersat, auxiliary verb hunn)
- (transitive) to replace
- (transitive) to substitute, to exchange
- (transitive) to compensate for, to make up for
Conjugation
Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Synonyms
- (to replace): auswiesselen, austauschen
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