erbarmen

See also Erbarmen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch erbarmen, from Old High German irbarmēn, with two prefixes ir- and ab (Dutch af) attached to Proto-Germanic *armāną (“to pity”). The word ontfermen derives from the same source, with a different prefix. Related to arm (“poor”).

Verb

erbarmen

1. to have mercy, take pity

Conjugation

Conjugation of erbarmen (weak, prefixed)

infinitive	erbarmen
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	erbarm	erbarmde
2nd person singular	erbarmt	erbarmde
3rd person singular	erbarmt	erbarmde
plural	erbarmen	erbarmden
subjunctive sing.1	erbarme	erbarmde
subjunctive plur.1	erbarmen	erbarmden
imperative sing.	erbarm
imperative plur.1	erbarmt
participles	erbarmend	(hebben) erbarmd
1)Archaic.

Noun

erbarmen n (uncountable)

1. mercy, pity

Synonyms

• erbarming

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German

Verb

erbarmen 

1. (reflexive) to have pity, to have mercy