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erwogst

Erwogst is the second-person singular simple past tense form of the German verb erwägen, which means to weigh or to consider. As a verb form, erwogst expresses a completed action in the past directed at the subject you. In modern standard German, the simple past forms for du are uncommon in day-to-day speech and are mostly found in historical, literary, or formal texts; contemporary usage tends to prefer the perfect tense, du hast erwogen, or the present tense for ongoing considerations.

Morphology and related forms include the present tense du erwägst, the past participle erwogen, and the perfect

Usage notes indicate that erwogst, like many simple past forms in German, is largely archaic or stylistically

See also: erwägen, erwägt, erwogen, das Erwägen.

construction
with
habe:
ich
habe
erwogen,
du
hast
erwogen,
er/sie/es
hat
erwogen.
The
noun
das
Erwägen
refers
to
the
act
of
weighing
or
considering
something.
This
noun
is
used
in
more
abstract
discussions
of
deliberation,
decision-making,
or
logical
analysis.
marked
in
modern
language.
It
may
appear
in
older
literature,
academic
writing
reflecting
historical
language,
or
stylistic
renditions
of
earlier
periods.
When
translating
or
interpreting
texts
containing
erwogst,
it
can
be
understood
as
“you
weighed”
or
“you
considered,”
depending
on
context
and
accompanying
tense.