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erbleichen

German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈblaɪ̯çn̩]

erbleichen is spelled E-R-B-L-E-I-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbleichen is a German verb meaning “to turn pale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “seine Farbe verlieren, blass werden”.

What does erbleichen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to turn pale

verb

  1. 1

    to die

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

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. seine Farbe verlieren, blass werden 2. sterben

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 erbleichen

  • erbleicht present singular third-person
  • erbleichte past
  • sein auxiliary
  • erbleichend participle present
  • erbleiche first-person indicative present
  • erbleichst indicative present second-person
  • erbleichest second-person singular subjunctive
  • erbleichet plural second-person subjunctive
  • erbleichten first-person indicative plural
  • erbleichtest indicative preterite second-person
  • erbleichtet indicative plural preterite
  • erbleich imperative second-person singular
  • bin erbleicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • sind erbleicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • erblich past
  • erbliche subjunctive-ii
  • erbleich! imperative singular
  • erbleiche! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erbleichen?

  • [ɛɐ̯ˈblaɪ̯çn̩]

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

English words that translate to erbleichen

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

How common is erbleichen in German?

erbleichen appears about once in every 16 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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