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erfahren.

to find out, learn, to come to know

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːɐ̯n//ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːʁən/

  1. to find out, learn, to come to know

    class-6 · strong
    Ich habe aus der Zeitung von Helgas Tod erfahren.
    Sie hat gerade erfahren, dass sie schwanger ist.

  2. to experience

    class-6 · strong
    Er hat im Leben viel Gutes und Böses erfahren.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ervarn, from Old High German irfaran, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀfaran. Cognate with Old English āfaran (whence obsolete English afare). By surface analysis, er- + fahren.

adj/ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːɐ̯n//ʔɛɐ̯ˈfaːʁən/

  1. experienced

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ervarn, from Old High German irfaran, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀfaran. Cognate with Old English āfaran (whence obsolete English afare). By surface analysis, er- + fahren.

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