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to hope for
To have the hope or confident expectation that something positive will happen or be achieved.
Von dem neuen Job erhoffe ich mir mehr Verantwortung und ein besseres Gehalt.
I'm hoping for more responsibility and a better salary from the new job.
The verb 'erhoffen' (to hope for) is inseparable because of its prefix 'er-'. The verb stem and the prefix are not separated in any sentence construction.
Sie erhoffte sich eine positive Rückmeldung.
She hoped for positive feedback.
This verb is used almost exclusively reflexively: 'sich etwas erhoffen' (to hope for something). The reflexive pronoun 'sich' is a fixed part of the construction and must not be omitted.
Die Mannschaft erhofft sich einen Sieg im nächsten Spiel.
The team is hoping for a win in the next game.
The person who is hoping is in the nominative. The reflexive pronoun is in the dative (mir, dir, sich, etc.), and the hoped-for thing is in the accusative. The pattern is: subject + erhofft + sich (dative) + object (accusative).
Ich erhoffe mir davon eine deutliche Verbesserung.
I am hoping this will bring a clear improvement.
To indicate the source of the hope, the preposition 'von' is used with the dative. The structure is: 'sich etwas von jemandem/etwas erhoffen' (to hope for something from someone/something).
Von dieser Investition erhoffen wir uns einen hohen Gewinn.
We are hoping for a high profit from this investment.
to hope
Hoffen and sich erhoffen both refer to a positive expectation. The main difference lies in the sentence structure: You usually hoffen auf something or hoffen that something will happen. With sich erhoffen, the desired result typically appears as an accusative object.
Ich erhoffe mir eine schnelle Besserung durch die Behandlung.
I hope to make a quick recovery from the treatment.
Ich hoffe auf eine schnelle Besserung durch die Behandlung.
I hope for a quick recovery from the treatment.
