ersteigert
Ersteigert is the past participle form of the German verb ersteigern, which means to acquire something at an auction by bidding. In everyday usage it denotes that a bidder has won an item by offering the highest price under the terms of the auction. The construction with haben is used to form the perfect tense, as in Sie hat das Gemälde ersteigert.
Etymology and usage: ersteigern combines the prefix er- with steigern (to increase), in a sense specific to
Context and related terms: Ersteigern contrasts with versteigern, which means to put an item up for auction
See also: versteigern, Versteigerung, Ersteigerer/Ersteigerin, Ersteigerung.