erstatten
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German erstaten.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
erstatten (weak, third-person singular present erstattet, past tense erstattete, past participle erstattet, auxiliary haben) (ditransitive) [+accusative] [+dative]
- to reimburse, to refund
- Wir werden Ihnen die Kosten erstatten.
- We will reimburse you for your costs.
- to grant, to administer, to make, to do, synonym of abstatten
Usage notes[edit]
- (reimburse): As in the example above, the German construction is unlike the English. The expenses are the direct object of the verb and the receiver is given in the dative case (as in English pay back).
- (administer): Frequent accusative objects are form-bound activities, now especially Bericht and Anzeige, else oldish Glückwunsch, Gruß, Besuch, Nachricht, Bescheid.
Conjugation[edit]
infinitive | erstatten | ||||
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present participle | erstattend | ||||
past participle | erstattet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erstatte | wir erstatten | i | ich erstatte | wir erstatten |
du erstattest | ihr erstattet | du erstattest | ihr erstattet | ||
er erstattet | sie erstatten | er erstatte | sie erstatten | ||
preterite | ich erstattete | wir erstatteten | ii | ich erstattete1 | wir erstatteten1 |
du erstattetest | ihr erstattetet | du erstattetest1 | ihr erstattetet1 | ||
er erstattete | sie erstatteten | er erstattete1 | sie erstatteten1 | ||
imperative | erstatt (du) erstatte (du) |
erstattet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “erstatten” in Duden online
- “erstatten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erstatten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erstatten” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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