auserkiesen

German

Etymology

From aus- + erkiesen, from Middle High German erkiesen, from Old High German arkiosan. Compare English choose, Dutch kiezen.

Verb

auserkiesen (class 2 strong, third-person singular simple present erkiest aus, past tense erkor aus, past participle auserkoren, past subjunctive erköre aus, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, archaic) To choose

Usage notes

Auserkiesen (along with its synonym erkiesen) is the only example of a defective verb in modern standard German: Its past participle and (to a lesser extent) preterite forms are still in limited use, while the infinitive and present forms are wholly obsolete, and not known to nor understood by most native speakers.

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