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ergreifen: haben or sein? Perfect tense: hat ergriffen

In English: to seize, grasp · B1

The answer

In the Perfekt, ergreifen takes: haben

Perfekt auxiliary
haben
Partizip II
ergriffen
Perfekt
hat ergriffen

Wortino stores one auxiliary per verb; some verbs can take both depending on the meaning.

Perfekt example

Die Touristen haben vom Strand Besitz ergriffen.

The tourists have taken over the beach.

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