German | English | |
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Erbschaft {f}; Erbmasse {f}; Erbe {n} | inheritance; estate (of a deceased [Br.]/decedent [Am.]) | |
Erbschaften {pl} | inheritances; estates | |
väterliches Erbe | patrimony, property inherited from one's father | |
angefallene Erbschaft | accrued inheritance | |
Nacherbschaft {f} | estate of a reversionary heir | |
zur Erbmasse gehören | to be/form part of the estate | |
dem Staat anheimgefallene Erbschaft | escheated inheritance [Am.] | |
zu erwartende Erbschaft | estate in expectancy | |
eine Erbschaft antreten | to enter upon an inheritance | |
ein Erbe ausschlagen | to disclaim an inheritance |