🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Ersatz

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Ersatz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Substitute/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tjuːt/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Lehrer hat einen Ersatz für seine Klassen gefunden."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person or thing that takes the place of another.

    "The teacher arranged for a substitute to cover her classes while she was away."
As verb
  1. 1

    To replace one thing with another.

    "You can substitute olive oil for butter in this recipe."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'substitute' originates from the Latin 'substitutus', the past participle of 'substituere', meaning 'to place under'. It evolved through Old French before entering Middle English, where it retained the meaning of placing something in the stead of another.

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