Elan
German, noun/eˈlaːn/
Elan is spelled E-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elan is a German masculine noun meaning “élan, verve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Begeisterung oder der Schwung, womit man etwas macht”.
What does Elan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineélan, verve
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Begeisterung oder der Schwung, womit man etwas macht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Elan
- Elans genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Elan?
- /eˈlaːn/
- [eˈlaːn]
- [eˈlɑ̃ː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Elan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Elan in German?
Elan appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).