erfassen

to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)

A2 rank #4,111

Meanings

Verb

to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)
to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)
to catch, to hit (of spreading fires, avalanches, gusts of wind, etc. affecting an object)
to realize, to conceive, to comprehend

Sie erfasste meine Hand und zog mich weiter.

She grasped my hand and pulled me along.

infinitive erfassen

he/she/it erfasst

simple past erfasste

perfect hat erfasst

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