Vokabahn

ersparen

Vokabahn
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Verb

ersparen

to save, save up, put aside (money) (the reflexive pronoun may be left out in order to distinguish more clearly from sense 2)

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Meanings

Verb
  1. to save, save up, put aside (money) (the reflexive pronoun may be left out in order to distinguish more clearly from sense 2)
  2. to spare, to save

In a sentence

Er verlor alles, was er sich erspart hatte.

He lost everything he had saved up.

Forms

infinitive ersparen
he/she/it erspart
simple past ersparte
perfect hat erspart

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