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herbsten

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhɛʁpstn̩/
  • Hyphenation: herbs‧ten; pre-1996: herb‧sten

Etymology 1

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From Herbst (autumn).

Verb

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herbsten (weak, third-person singular present herbstet, past tense herbstete, past participle geherbstet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, impersonal) to become autumn
  2. (transitive, regional, colloquial) to harvest (ripe grapes for wine)
Conjugation
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Synonyms
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  1. herbsteln (Southern Germany, Bavaria, Austria)

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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herbsten

  1. superlative degree of herb

Adjective

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herbsten

  1. inflection of herb:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular superlative degree
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular superlative degree
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular superlative degree
    4. strong dative plural superlative degree
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural superlative degree

Further reading

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  • herbsten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • herbsten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • herbsten” in Duden online