No. 1,961 in German
ersetzen
"Ersetzen" means "to replace" or "to substitute."
In a sentence
Ich muss das kaputte Teil ersetzen.
I need to replace the broken part.
In this sentence, 'ersetzen' is used in the context of substituting a damaged component with a new one.
Du solltest schlechte Gewohnheiten durch gute ersetzen.
You should replace bad habits with good ones.
Here, 'ersetzen' is utilized to denote substituting harmful behaviors with beneficial ones in a metaphorical sense.
Technologie wird menschliche Arbeit irgendwann ersetzen.
Technology will eventually replace human labor.
'Ersetzen' describes the scenario where technology takes the role traditionally held by human effort.
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