erbitten
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩/
erbitten is spelled E-R-B-I-T-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbitten is a German verb meaning “to request, to ask for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden um etwas dringend bitten, dringend um etwas nachsuchen”.
What does erbitten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to request, to ask for
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden um etwas dringend bitten, dringend um etwas nachsuchen
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 erbitten
- erbittet present singular third-person
- erbat past
- erbeten participle past
- erbäte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 5 strong
- erbittend participle present
- erbitte first-person indicative present
- erbittest indicative present second-person
- erbaten first-person indicative plural
- erbäten first-person formal plural
- erbatest indicative preterite second-person
- erbatst indicative preterite second-person
- erbatet indicative plural preterite
- erbätest formal rare second-person
- erbätet formal plural rare
- erbitt imperative second-person singular
- erbitte! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erbitten?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈbɪtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erbitten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erbitten in German?
erbitten appears 1.0 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).