erwählen

German

Etymology

er- + wählen

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈvɛːlən/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland)
  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈveːlən/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions)
  • Hyphenation: er‧wäh‧len
  • (file)

Verb

erwählen (weak, third-person singular present erwählt, past tense erwählte, past participle erwählt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to choose, to select
  2. (transitive) to elect

Conjugation

Further reading

  • erwählen” in Duden online
  • erwählen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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