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German

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Etymology

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er- +‎ matt +‎ -en

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ɛɐ̯ˈmatn̩]
  • Hyphenation: er‧mat‧ten
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Verb

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ermatten (weak, third-person singular present ermattet, past tense ermattete, past participle ermattet, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to become weak or limp, to lose strength
  2. (intransitive) to lose shine, to become dull
  3. (transitive) to make weak, to weaken
  4. (transitive) to make dull, to cause to lose shine

Usage notes

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When used transitively, the perfect auxiliary is haben; when used intransitively, it is sein.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • ermatten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ermatten” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ermatten” in Duden online
  • ermatten” in OpenThesaurus.de