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erhitzen

heat

Etwas warm oder heiß machen.

Definition & meaning

The verb erhitzen generally refers to the process of increasing the temperature of an object or a substance.

  1. Heating up: To make something hot or to bring it to a high temperature, often for culinary, physical, or chemical purposes. For example, heating up water on a stove.
  2. Figurative sense: To excite, agitate, or provoke someone. It is often used in the reflexive form (sich erhitzen) to describe someone becoming angry or worked up during a heated discussion (e.g., "Die Gemüter erhitzen sich" - tempers are flaring).

Grammar & Word origin

erhitzen is a weak, transitive verb. To conjugate it, you add the prefix er- to the root hitzen (derived from Hitze, meaning "heat"). The prefix er- often denotes the reaching of a state or the completion of an action.

  • Principal parts: erhitzt, erhitzte, hat erhitzt
  • Reflexive form: sich erhitzen (to get heated up/angry)

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms:

  • wärmen (to warm)
  • aufheizen (to heat up)
  • erwärmen (to warm up)
  • erregen (to excite/agitate)

Antonyms:

  • abkühlen (to cool down)
  • abkühlen lassen (to let cool)
  • unterkühlen (to supercool/chill)

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Examples

Ich erhitze die Milch in der Mikrowelle.verb

I heat the milk in the microwave.

Hast du das Öl in der Pfanne erhitzt?verb

Did you heat the oil in the pan?

Beim Erhitzen der Suppe rühre ich ständig um.verb

When heating the soup, I stir constantly.

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