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erfassen

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German

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Etymology

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From er- +‎ fassen.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩], [ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasən]
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  • Hyphenation: er‧fas‧sen

Verb

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erfassen (weak, third-person singular present erfasst, past tense erfasste, past participle erfasst, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

  1. (formal, uncommon) to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)
    Synonym: ergreifen
  2. (formal, chiefly in reporting) to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)
    Synonyms: kollidieren, zusammenstoßen, umfahren
  3. (formal) to catch, to hit (of spreading fires, avalanches, gusts of wind, etc. affecting an object)
  4. to realize, to conceive, to comprehend
    Synonym: begreifen
  5. to capture, to collect, to measure, to record (to add one or more data points to an existing aggregate data set, or to create a data set out of a property in general)

Conjugation

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