erstehen
Meaning
- (informal, irregular, strong, transitive) to buy
- (formal, intransitive, irregular, strong) to arise, to come into being
- (formal, intransitive, irregular, strong) to rise again, to arise anew, to reappear
Concepts
Synonyms
sich kaufen
etw. käuflich erwerben
habhaft werden
sich aneignen
sich erwerben
aufkaufen
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃteːən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German erstān, erstēn, from Old High German irstantan, irstān, irstēn, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀstān. Equivalent to er- + stehen.
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