erfassen

From er- +‎ fassen.

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasn̩], [ʔɛɐ̯ˈfasən]

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• Hyphenation: er‧fas‧sen

erfassen (weak, third-person singular present erfasst, past tense erfasste, past participle erfasst, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

1. (formal, uncommon) to grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands)

   Synonym: ergreifen

2. (formal, chiefly in reporting) to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)

   Synonyms: kollidieren, zusammenstoßen, umfahren

3. (formal) to catch, to hit (of spreading fires, avalanches, gusts of wind, etc. affecting an object)
4. to realize, to conceive, to comprehend

   Synonym: begreifen

5. 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)

• “erfassen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “erfassen” in Duden online
• “erfassen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “erfassen” in OpenThesaurus.de