erwerben

Meaning

1. (class-3,strong,transitive) to earn, gain, acquire
2. (class-3,strong,transitive) to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause)
3. (class-3,strong,transitive) to purchase, acquire (grandiose trope for an act of buying but never in legal language)
4. (class-3,strong) to gradually develop, acquire, learn (as opposed to being born with)

Hyphenated as

er‧wer‧ben

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁbən]

Etymology

From er- + werben.
Compare Dutch verwerven.