erpressen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛ.sn̩], [-sən]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: er‧pres‧sen
- Rhymes: -ɛsn̩
Verb
[edit]erpressen (weak, third-person singular present erpresst, past tense erpresste, past participle erpresst, auxiliary haben)
- to blackmail [with accusative ‘someone’ and um ‘for’]
- Der Angeklagte hat das Opfer um Geld erpresst.
- The accused blackmailed the victim for money.
- to extort [with accusative ‘something’ and von ‘from’]
- Der Angeklagte hat Geld vom Opfer erpresst.
- The accused extorted money from the victim.
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | erpressen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | erpressend | ||||
| past participle | erpresst | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich erpresse | wir erpressen | i | ich erpresse | wir erpressen |
| du erpresst | ihr erpresst | du erpressest | ihr erpresset | ||
| er erpresst | sie erpressen | er erpresse | sie erpressen | ||
| preterite | ich erpresste | wir erpressten | ii | ich erpresste1 | wir erpressten1 |
| du erpresstest | ihr erpresstet | du erpresstest1 | ihr erpresstet1 | ||
| er erpresste | sie erpressten | er erpresste1 | sie erpressten1 | ||
| imperative | erpress (du) erpresse (du) |
erpresst (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Verb
[edit]erpressen (third-person singular present erpresst, past participle erpresst, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to blackmail
Conjugation
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