erwerben
See also: Erwerben
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛʁbən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bən], [ɛɐ̯ˈvɛɐ̯bm̩]
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Verb
erwerben (class 3 strong, third-person singular present erwirbt, past tense erwarb, past participle erworben, past subjunctive erwürbe, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to earn, gain, acquire
- Synonym: erlangen
- Er hat zwei Doktortitel erworben.
- He has earned two doctoral degrees.
- Sie hat sich ausgezeichnete Computerkenntnisse erworben.
- She has gained excellent computer skills.
- (transitive) to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause)
- Als Alleinerbe meines Vaters habe ich Eigentum an diesem Grundstück erworben.
- As the sole heir of my father, I have succeeded into the ownership of this land lot.
- (Can we date this quote?), BGB, (Please provide the book title or journal name), § 854 I:
- Der Besitz einer Sache wird durch die Erlangung der tatsächlichen Gewalt über die Sache erworben.
- Possession of a material object is acquired by obtaining the factual power over the material object.
- (transitive) to purchase, acquire (grandiose trope for an act of buying but never in legal language)
- Synonym: kaufen
- In Mailand konnte ich diese wunderschöne Stola erwerben.
- In Milan I was able to purchase this wonderful stole.
- (medicine, psychology) to gradually develop, acquire, learn (as opposed to being born with)
- Ein erworbenes und nicht angeborenes Verhalten.
- An acquired but not innate behavior.
Conjugation
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