Das musst du über das Präfix „er-“ wissen

Two weeks ago, I discussed the prefix be- in a video and talked to you asked which prefix you'd like us to cover next in a video. The The prefix er- was most frequently mentioned in the comments. Therefore, we are speaking today about it. What does the prefix "er-" mean, and how can this prefix help you? To better understand the meaning of verbs? The first meaning of er- we see in Example with the verb "erwachen." When a person awakens, they become awake. They transitions from a sleeping state to a waking state. And this Change of state is precisely what the prefix *er-* describes here. "Er-ixen" therefore means something like "to become x" or "to move toward the state of x." change. Here, x is usually an adjective. Another example is, in winter Many people fall ill with the flu. "Fall ill" means to become sick. The A person's condition changes. She was healthy, now she is ill. She has the Caught the flu. Or after a volcanic eruption, does the lava cool down? becomes a solid rock. To cool means to become cold. The lava changes their condition. From hot and liquid to cold and solid. Or he is as a child blinded. He became blind as a child. He could see, but then his vision deteriorated. His eyes changed state. Then he could no longer see. Or when they He blushed when she paid him a compliment. When one blushes, one turns red in the Face. This happens, for example, because one feels ashamed. Because something is embarrassing. Indeed. The verbs I have discussed so far did not take an accusative. object. If a verb in this group takes an accusative object, it means something or to er-ix someone as much as to make something or someone into x. Or the To change the state of something or someone to x. Let us take as an example Encourage someone. The positive comments from my viewers encourage me. to continue publishing videos. Encouraging someone means encouraging someone encourage someone or, more accurately, give someone courage for something. Or can you the Please heat the milk briefly in the microwave? Also, could you please warm up the milk? Or could you please add to the list? A few names are still missing. Adding something means the same as adding something entirely. do it. Something is missing. If you complete it, you'll make the matter complete. That The basic principle here should hopefully have become clear to you. In the members' area of Deutsch mit Rieke, you'll find many more Example sentences for further verbs with this meaning. Let's take a look at one another nuance of "er an." Here is an example. In spring, they bloom. The flowers in our garden. This means in spring they begin to Flowers beginning to bloom. Or when the first notes of the orchestra sounded, it became Be silent at once in the hall. "Erklingen" means to begin to sound. to begin making sounds or emitting a tone When the orchestra began to play, the people in the audience immediately Still. Erichsen thus means starting to ixe. Ixe is a Verb. Here it is precisely about the moment when something begins. The flowers To bloom describes the moment when flowers begin to bloom. The flowers bloom describes the longer period afterward. The flowers have now the flowers look nice for a longer time. Sometime later, when Once summer is over, the flowers then wither. And that's what we express then with the prefix ver-, about which I already talked in another video I have. Then we say the flowers wither. Other verbs with this nuance of er are enlighten, appear, shine forth, and sound. These verbs with "er" often sound quite raised. Next comes the next fundamental meaning of er. Here is Here's another example. One cannot learn a new language in two months. Learning something means learning it completely. Learning something to the extent that one can well mastered. The prefix *er* in many verbs describes that something is successfully completed, meaning a goal has been achieved. Of course, I could also say that a new language cannot be learned in two Months of learning. This sentence is also perfectly fine. But by emphasizing learning, I highlight the outcome and the positive conclusion of Learning. One has fully learned a language when one has mastered it. Something Erichsen thus means successfully achieving a result through X or achieve a goal. X is a verb. Another example of this is the verb something inquire. We can say that she has found the way to Museum at the hotel reception inquired. She asks at the reception desk for directions. and receives a positive result. Someone explains the way to the museum to her. What's the difference in asking? She asked at the reception for the way to Museum asked. Simply describes that they are the person at the reception. asked where the museum is and how to get there. But this sentence says nothing about whether she received a good answer. hat. If I say that she asked for the way, then I am saying that she received directions to the museum. Here, once again, is the positive Result in focus. She asked a question and provided a good, satisfactory Get a response. One more example. You'll never guess who I saw today in the Having hit the U-Bahn. Guessing something means running through, the correct answer or find a solution. So here, guess who I'm talking about have met today. I don't think you'll find the right answer. I Do not believe that you will guess it. If you want to learn more about guessing and other verbs If you'd like to find out more, feel free to check out my video on the topic. I Link it here above and in the video description. Here's one more Example. At the Olympic Games, she sailed away with a gold medal. Sailing is a sport in which one maneuvers a boat as quickly as possible in the wind. moved forward. She won a gold medal through sailing won. What's interesting about the prefix er- in this sense is that it productive. What does that mean? A productive prefix is a prefix with that we can spontaneously create new words, which others can then also directly understand correctly. New ones therefore arise from time to time. Verbs with the prefix er- in this meaning. An example of this is something Google it. We can say, where do you know that from? I googled it. So I searched on Google until I found a I found the answer. I found the answer by googling. This verb has not existed in the German language for very long, of course. For This week I've created several really nice exercises. The on the one hand, exercises on the prefix er-, but also exercises on the Differences between the prefixes we have discussed so far in this series have. As members of German with Rieke Do you also provide additional videos with scripts besides the practice exercises for each video? and access to the members' area, where you can watch my videos without ads you can look at. More information is available at deutschmitrieke.de. He can therefore express that something belongs to is completed or that a goal is achieved. That somehow fits even to the next nuance of meaning. Look here. In the past, in winter Many more people froze to death than today. To freeze to death can be rephrased as As long as one lives, until one dies. As long as one remains in the cold, until one dies. Death is indeed the final conclusion. That's why it's fitting that we also have here the Use the prefix er-. Therefore, er-ixen means to keep doing x until one dies. To er-ix someone means to kill someone by doing x. Other examples are drowning, shooting someone, hitting someone. stab someone and so on. If you are members of German with Rieke Then you know that the prefix ver- also has a semantic nuance that describes how someone dies. Think of starving. In the exercises on In this video here, we'll take a closer look at something in the members' area, which of these verbs with ver- and which with er- are there. If you like my videos about Since you've looked at the prefixes ver- and be-, you already know my next hint. We cannot always determine the meaning of verbs based on their prefix. For example, consider the verbs allow, surrender oneself, accomplish something or to recover. The meanings of these verbs we cannot grasp derive it simply with a rule. With some verbs this works, with others many but not all. Therefore, it is important that you the Learn the meanings of the verbs individually and don't rely on them To guess the meaning based on the prefix. Feel free to write in the comments which prefix I should do next explain. 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