erfara

From German erfahren, from Old High German arfaran, irfaran (“roam through, explore”), equivalent to er- +‎ fara. Cognate with Danish erfare, Norwegian Bokmål erfare, Norwegian Nynorsk erfare, erfara and Dutch ervaren.

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erfara (present erfar, preterite erfor, supine erfarit, imperative erfar)

1. to be informed; to get to know of
2. to experience

• Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.

• (dated, poetic) spörja

• erfaren

• erfara in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)