Verb
erwerben
to earn, gain, acquire
B1
rank #3,435
Meanings
Verb
- to earn, gain, acquire
- to acquire, to succeed to (irrespectively of the legal cause)
- to purchase, acquire (grandiose trope for an act of buying but never in legal language)
- to gradually develop, acquire, learn (as opposed to being born with)
In a sentence
In Mailand konnte ich diese wunderschöne Stola erwerben.
In Milan I was able to purchase this wonderful stole.
Forms
infinitive
erwerben
he/she/it
erwirbt
simple past
erwarb
perfect
hat erworben
takes + Akkusativ