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er·satz  audio  (rzäts, r-zäts) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:
Being an imitation or a substitute, usually an inferior one; artificial: ersatz coffee made mostly of chicory. See Synonyms at artificial.

ETYMOLOGY:
German, replacement, from ersetzen, to replace, from Old High German irsezzan : ir-, out; see ud- in Indo-European roots + sezzan, to set; see sed- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
ersatz (Noun)


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