erwerbend

present participle of erwerben

erwerben

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)

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acquiring