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erfassen.

to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb[ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩][ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasən]
  1. to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)

    formal · transitive · uncommon · weak
  2. to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)

    formal · transitive · weak
  3. to catch, to hit (of spreading fires, avalanches, gusts of wind, etc. affecting an object)

    formal · transitive · weak
  4. to realize, to conceive, to comprehend

    transitive · weak
  5. to capture, to collect, to measure, to record (to add one or more data points to an existing aggregate data set, or to create a data set out of a property in general)

    transitive · weak
Where this word comes from

From er- + fassen.

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