erfassen
[ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩] verb C2- to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)
- to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)
- to catch, to hit (of spreading fires, avalanches, gusts of wind, etc. affecting an object)
- to realize, to conceive, to comprehend
- 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)
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- erfassen
- Present (er)
- erfasst
- Präteritum (er)
- erfasste
- Perfekt (er)
- hat erfasst
- Infinitive with zu
- zu erfassen
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