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erstatten.

to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically translated by English reimburse or English refund (someone for something))

9 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatn̩/
  1. to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically translated by English reimburse or English refund (someone for something))

    ditransitive · weak
    Wir werden Ihnen die Kosten erstatten.
  2. to grant, to administer, to make, to do

    ditransitive · formal · weak
    Bericht erstatten über etwas
    Meldung erstatten
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German erstaten.

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