erden
Appearance
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Early 20th century, from Erde + -en.
Verb
[edit]erden (weak, third-person singular present erdet, past tense erdete, past participle geerdet, auxiliary haben)
- (electricity) to earth
- (figurative) to bring down to earth, to cause to be reasonable, focused, realistic, humble, contented
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | erden | ||||
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present participle | erdend | ||||
past participle | geerdet | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erde | wir erden | i | ich erde | wir erden |
du erdest | ihr erdet | du erdest | ihr erdet | ||
er erdet | sie erden | er erde | sie erden | ||
preterite | ich erdete | wir erdeten | ii | ich erdete1 | wir erdeten1 |
du erdetest | ihr erdetet | du erdetest1 | ihr erdetet1 | ||
er erdete | sie erdeten | er erdete1 | sie erdeten1 | ||
imperative | erd (du) erde (du) |
erdet (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the main lemma.
Adjective
[edit]erden (strong nominative masculine singular erdener, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of erden (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist erden | sie ist erden | es ist erden | sie sind erden | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | erdener | erdene | erdenes | erdene |
genitive | erdenen | erdener | erdenen | erdener | |
dative | erdenem | erdener | erdenem | erdenen | |
accusative | erdenen | erdene | erdenes | erdene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der erdene | die erdene | das erdene | die erdenen |
genitive | des erdenen | der erdenen | des erdenen | der erdenen | |
dative | dem erdenen | der erdenen | dem erdenen | den erdenen | |
accusative | den erdenen | die erdene | das erdene | die erdenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein erdener | eine erdene | ein erdenes | (keine) erdenen |
genitive | eines erdenen | einer erdenen | eines erdenen | (keiner) erdenen | |
dative | einem erdenen | einer erdenen | einem erdenen | (keinen) erdenen | |
accusative | einen erdenen | eine erdene | ein erdenes | (keine) erdenen |
Further reading
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From erd, from conflation between erthe (“earth”) and Old English eard (“homeland, dwelling”). See also erþen.
Adjective
[edit]erden
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “erden,, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 28 April 2018.
Turkish
[edit]Noun
[edit]erden
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