erzen
See also: Erzen
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editIn analogy with duzen and siezen.
Verb
editerzen (weak, third-person singular present erzt, past tense erzte, past participle geerzt, auxiliary haben)
- (historical, transitive) to address using the pronoun er (“he”) or Er (“he”)
Usage notes
editSee Er.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | erzen | ||||
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present participle | erzend | ||||
past participle | geerzt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich erze | wir erzen | i | ich erze | wir erzen |
du erzt | ihr erzt | du erzest | ihr erzet | ||
er erzt | sie erzen | er erze | sie erzen | ||
preterite | ich erzte | wir erzten | ii | ich erzte1 | wir erzten1 |
du erztest | ihr erztet | du erztest1 | ihr erztet1 | ||
er erzte | sie erzten | er erzte1 | sie erzten1 | ||
imperative | erz (du) erze (du) |
erzt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Coordinate terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editGerman personal pronouns
singular | plural | singular and plural | |||||||
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1st person | 2nd person familiar1 |
3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person familiar1 |
3rd person | 2nd person polite/formal | |||
m | f | n | |||||||
nominative | ich | du -e2 |
er | sie -se2 |
es | wir | ihr | sie -se2 |
Sie Ihr3 |
genitive | meiner mein3 |
deiner dein3 |
seiner sein3 |
ihrer | seiner sein3 |
unser | euer | ihrer | Ihrer Euer3 |
dative | mir | dir | ihm | ihr | ihm | uns | euch | ihnen | Ihnen Euch3 |
accusative | mich | dich | ihn | sie -se2 |
es | uns | euch | sie -se2 |
Sie Euch3 |
1These forms are sometimes capitalized, especially in letters. 2enclitic, colloquial 3archaic
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editerzen (no predicative form, strong nominative masculine singular erzener or erzner, not comparable)
Declension
editPositive forms of erzen (uncomparable, no predicate)
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