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erb

German, verb

erb is spelled E-R-B (3 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,981st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erb is a German verb meaning “singular imperative of erben” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does erb mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    singular imperative of erben

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. erbaut 2. erbeten 3. erbeutet

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce erb?

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erb

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erb in German?

erb appears 1.3 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).

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