erden
German, verb
erden is spelled E-R-D-E-N (5 letters) and appears 8.9 times per million words in written German, the 7,736th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erden is a German verb meaning “to earth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erden is a different word: “plural of Erde”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einem elektrischen Gerät eine leitende Verbindung zum Untergrund/Erdreich (Erde) herstellen”.
What does erden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to earth
- 2
to bring down to earth, to cause to be reasonable, focused, realistic, humble, contented
noun
- 1
plural of Erde
- 2
dative singular of Erde
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. von einem elektrischen Gerät eine leitende Verbindung zum Untergrund/Erdreich (Erde) herstellen 2. auf den Boden der Tatsachen zurückkommen, sich an die Fakten des realen Lebens halten
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 erden
- erdet present singular third-person
- erdete past
- geerdet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- erdend participle present
- erde first-person indicative present
- erdest indicative present second-person
- erdeten first-person indicative plural
- erdetest indicative preterite second-person
- erdetet indicative plural preterite
- erd imperative second-person singular
- habe geerdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geerdet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erde! imperative singular
- erdet! imperative plural
- geerdet haben active infinitive perfect
- geerdet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- geerdet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erden in German?
erden appears 8.9 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).