German edit

Etymology edit

er- +‎ härten.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʁˈhɛʁtn̩]
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  • Hyphenation: er‧här‧ten

Verb edit

erhärten (weak, third-person singular present erhärtet, past tense erhärtete, past participle erhärtet, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to harden
  2. to affirm, corroborate, substantiate
  3. to petrify

Usage notes edit

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

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • erhärten” in Duden online
  • erhärten” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache