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ersetzen

replace

verb er-ZET-sen Less Common
Descriptions & Qualities Conditions

Also means

reimburse

Usage Note

ersetzen means to replace one thing with another, taking the construction etwas durch etwas ersetzen. In a legal or financial sense it means to reimburse or compensate, as in den Schaden ersetzen (to make good the damage).

Examples

"Wir müssen die Batterie ersetzen."

Natural Translation

We have to replace the battery.

Literal Translation

We must the battery replace.

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