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Meet errichten

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 4 meanings

  1. to build, to erect (a building or permanent structure, especially a large or individually significant one)
  2. to erect, to set up (a barricade, bonfire, tent, or similar temporary arrangement; into a usable state)
  3. to establish, to form (a social order, regime, or similar system)
  4. (formal) to establish, to found (a foundation, an association)
Forms

How errichten changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
icherrichteerrichtete
duerrichtesterrichtetest
er/sie/eserrichteterrichtete
wirerrichtenerrichteten
ihrerrichteterrichtetet
Sieerrichtenerrichteten

Partizip II errichtet · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Die Stadt errichtet eine Brücke.The city is building a bridge.present main clause
  2. 2
    Sie haben dort ein Haus errichtet.They built a house there.Perfekt with haben
  3. 3
    Er sagt, dass sie einen Turm errichten.He says that they are building a tower.verb at the end after dass

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