ertasten
B2to feel for / make out by touch
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- to feel for / make out by touch
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ertasten in a sentence
Die Blinde ertastet die Treppen vorsichtig.
The blind woman feels for the stairs carefully.
Conjugation of ertasten
- Simple past (er/sie/es)
- ertastete
- Perfect
- hat ertastet
Where ertasten comes from
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Questions about ertasten
How do you conjugate ertasten?
Present tense: ich ertaste, du ertastest, er ertastet, wir ertasten, ihr ertastet, sie ertasten. Simple past: ertastete. Perfect: hat ertastet.
What does ertasten mean in English?
ertasten means "to feel for / make out by touch". For example: "Die Blinde ertastet die Treppen vorsichtig." — "The blind woman feels for the stairs carefully."
What level is ertasten in German?
ertasten is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the looking & seeing vocabulary.
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