1. to get done, to take care of something (Very common in context of getting chores done or errands run.)
2. to kill someone, to finish someone ("jemanden erledigen" - gangster slang, just like "taking care of someone")
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A fun look at the meaning of "erledigen", how to say "Never mind!" and what all that has to do with body parts, memberships and a certain Goethe.
Vocab:
erledigen, das Glied, das Mitglied, gliedern, die Gliederung, ledig, lediglich
Word Family
Root: *el(e)-
The core idea of this root was:
bent, bendable
With the ge-prefix it became Glied, the German word for limb/body part with the core idea of “what bends”.
The sense of ledig (unbound) comes from the notion of being flexible.
In English, the word limb is the only offspring I could find mentioned in etymological sources.
