ermitteln

German

Etymology

From er- +‎ Mittel (means).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛʁˈmɪtəln]
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  • Hyphenation: er‧mit‧teln

Verb

ermitteln (weak, third-person singular present ermittelt, past tense ermittelte, past participle ermittelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, formal) to determine, to identify (a value or identity; through a calculation or other process)
    Die Unfallursache konnte nicht ermittelt werden.
    The cause of the accident could not be determined.
    Ermitteln Sie die Summe jeder Zeile.
    Calculate the sum of each of each line.
  2. (intransitive) to investigate (by the police) [(optional) with gegen (+ accusative) ‘someone’ and wegen (+ genitive) ‘for something’]
    Gegen den Mann wird wegen Diebstahls ermittelt.
    The man is being investigated for theft.

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Further reading

  • ermitteln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • ermitteln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • ermitteln” in Duden online
  • ermitteln” in OpenThesaurus.de