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erpressen

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German

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Etymology

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    er- +‎ pressen

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛ.sn̩], [-sən]
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Hyphenation: er‧pres‧sen
    • Rhymes: -ɛsn̩

    Verb

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    erpressen (weak, third-person singular present erpresst, past tense erpresste, past participle erpresst, auxiliary haben)

    1. to blackmail [with accusative ‘someone’ and um ‘for’]
      Der Angeklagte hat das Opfer um Geld erpresst.
      The accused blackmailed the victim for money.
    2. to extort [with accusative ‘something’ and von ‘from’]
      Der Angeklagte hat Geld vom Opfer erpresst.
      The accused extorted money from the victim.

    Conjugation

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    Derived terms

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    Further reading

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    • erpressen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
    • erpressen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • erpressen” in Duden online
    • erpressen” in OpenThesaurus.de

    Luxembourgish

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    Verb

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    erpressen (third-person singular present erpresst, past participle erpresst, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. to blackmail

    Conjugation

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    Regular
    infinitive erpressen
    participle erpresst
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular erpressen
    2nd singular erpress erpress
    3rd singular erpresst
    1st plural erpressen
    2nd plural erpresst erpresst
    3rd plural erpressen

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.