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See also: Erden and ərdən

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeːʁdən/, [ˈʔeːɐ̯.dn̩], [ʔɛɐ̯-], [-dən]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Etymology 1

Early 20th century, from Erde + -en.

Verb

erden (weak, third-person singular present erdet, past tense erdete, past participle geerdet, auxiliary haben)

  1. (electricity) to earth
  2. (figurative) to bring down to earth, to cause to be reasonable, focused, realistic, humble, contented
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Adjective

erden (strong nominative masculine singular erdener, not comparable)

  1. obsolete form of irden (earthen, made of clay) [until 18th c.]
Declension

Further reading

  • erden” in Duden online
  • erden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From erd, from conflation between erthe (earth) and Old English eard (homeland, dwelling). See also erþen.

Adjective

erden

  1. Formed from clay, as in pottery.

Synonyms

References

Turkish

Noun

erden

  1. ablative singular of er

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