erbeben
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See also: Erbeben
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German erbiben, from Old High German irbibēn. Equivalent to er- + beben.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]erbeben (weak, third-person singular present erbebt, past tense erbebte, past participle erbebt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to quake (of a building or the earth)
- (intransitive, literary) to tremble, shake (of a person)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | erbeben | ||||
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present participle | erbebend | ||||
past participle | erbebt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erbebe | wir erbeben | i | ich erbebe | wir erbeben |
du erbebst | ihr erbebt | du erbebest | ihr erbebet | ||
er erbebt | sie erbeben | er erbebe | sie erbeben | ||
preterite | ich erbebte | wir erbebten | ii | ich erbebte1 | wir erbebten1 |
du erbebtest | ihr erbebtet | du erbebtest1 | ihr erbebtet1 | ||
er erbebte | sie erbebten | er erbebte1 | sie erbebten1 | ||
imperative | erbeb (du) erbebe (du) |
erbebt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “erbeben” in Duden online
- “erbeben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “erbeben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “erbeben” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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