ich ersuchte

asked, requested

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verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #49,327
asked, requested Formal; often used in the phrase „jemanden um etwas ersuchen“ (to ask someone for something).
GE: Sie ersuchte mich um Hilfe.
EN: She asked me for help.
Conjugation of ersuchen
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First ersuchte —
Third ersuchte —
Subjunctive past
SingularPlural
First ersuchte —
Third ersuchte —

Tom ersuchte den Richter um Gnade.

Tom asked the judge for mercy.

Vergebens ersuchte ich ihn, mir mehr zu verraten.

In vain I asked him to tell me more.

Er ersuchte uns um Hilfe.

He asked us for help.

Tom ersuchte uns um Hilfe.

Tom asked us for help.