erhverve

Borrowed from German erwerben. Compare Dutch verwerven.

• IPA^(key): [æɐ̯ˈvæɐ̯ˀvə]

erhverve (past tense erhvervede, past participle erhvervet)

1. come into possession of (something).
2. to obtain or acquire something on the basis of a certain effort.
3. to gain or acquire something by virtue of the development one undergoes.
4. to incur something undesirable, e.g. an illness.

• erhvervelse
• erhverver
• generhverve

• “erhverve” in Den Danske Ordbog