ersetzen

German

Etymology

er- + setzen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsn̩/, /ʔɛɐ̯ˈzɛtsən/
  • (file)

Verb

ersetzen (weak, third-person singular present ersetzt, past tense ersetzte, past participle ersetzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (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 First they had been replaced by kerosene and gas, then the electricity had come, […]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)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • ersetzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ersetzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ersetzen” in Duden online
  • ersetzen” in OpenThesaurus.de

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)

  1. (transitive) to replace
  2. (transitive) to substitute, to exchange
  3. (transitive) to compensate for, to make up for

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

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