ersparen
/ɛrˈʃpaːrən/ verb B2- to save, save up, put aside (money) (the reflexive pronoun may be left out in order to distinguish more clearly from sense 2) · Er verlor alles, was er (sich) erspart hatte. He lost everything he had saved up.
- to spare, to save · Ich erspare Ihnen die Einzelheiten. I’ll spare you the details.· Erspar dir den Ärger und bleib hier! Save yourself the trouble and stay here!
Verb forms
- Infinitive
- ersparen
- Present (er)
- erspart
- Präteritum (er)
- ersparte
- Perfekt (er)
- hat erspart
- Infinitive with zu
- zu ersparen
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