German Conversation · Level 144
30 words
German word
erstatten
Pronunciation
IPA/ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatn̩/
Meaning
- verbrefund
Example
Die Fluggesellschaft erstattet den Preis des Tickets.
The airline refunds the ticket price.
More examples
Der Arbeitgeber erstattet die Reisekosten.
The employer refunds the travel expenses.
Core concept
A completed obligation reaches its proper recipient, either as reimbursed money or as a submitted report.
Common phrases
die Kosten erstatten
refund the costs
den Betrag erstatten
refund the amount
die Reisekosten erstatten
refund the travel expenses
Similar words
zurückerstatten: Refund costs that someone has already paid.
zurückzahlen: Pay back borrowed money or money owed.
bezahlen: Provide money for a purchase or service.
ersetzen: Put another person or thing in place of the original.
Definition in German
Kosten oder Auslagen, die jemand getragen hat, durch Zahlung ausgleichen.
Word origin
The verb erstatten is formed with er- and statten, an older verb related to providing; its meanings developed toward making good a loss and submitting a report.
Usage tips
- In Bericht erstatten and Anzeige erstatten, erstatten means submit or file rather than refund, while the formal construction remains fixed.
Other meanings
- reportverb
- compensateverb
Opposites
- einbehaltenwithholdverb
- verweigernrefuseverb
Related words
- Erstattungrefundnoun
- erstattbarrefundableadjective
- Erstattungsbetragrefund amountnoun