Erde
German, noun
Erde is spelled E-R-D-E (4 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erde is a German feminine noun meaning “earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, erde is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “der feste Boden, die Landoberfläche von ^([3])”.
What does Erde mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineearth
- 2
femininesoil
Sie nahm eine Handvoll Erde.
- 3
femininethe ground
Er fiel auf die Erde.
- 4
femininea world; a space to live in
Diese Erde wird vergehen, aber Gott wird eine neue Erde schaffen.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. der feste Boden, die Landoberfläche von ^([3]) 2. der lockere Bestandteil von ^([1]), das Erdreich 3. belebter und dritter, von der Sonne aus gezählter Planet in unserem Sonnensystem 4. Seltene Erde, ein tonerdeähnliches Metalloxid
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 Erde
- Erden plural
- 🜨 symbol
- ♁ symbol
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Erde
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erde in German?
Erde appears 79 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).