erstatten
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German erstaten.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editerstatten (weak, third-person singular present erstattet, past tense erstattete, past participle erstattet, auxiliary haben) (ditransitive)
- to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically translated by English reimburse or English refund (someone for something))
- Wir werden Ihnen die Kosten erstatten.
- We will reimburse you for your costs.
- (formal) to grant, to administer, to make, to do
- Synonym: abstatten
- Bericht erstatten über etwas ― to give a report about something, to report on something
- Meldung erstatten ― to report, to make a report
- Anzeige gegen jemanden erstatten ― to report someone
Usage notes
edit- (administer): Frequent accusative objects are form-bound activities, now especially Bericht and Anzeige, else oldish Glückwunsch, Gruß, Besuch, Nachricht, Bescheid.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
editRelated terms
editFurther 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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