erdenken
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩/
erdenken is spelled E-R-D-E-N-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erdenken is a German verb meaning “to think up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas ausdenken, sich etwas Neues einfallen lassen”.
What does erdenken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to think up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas ausdenken, sich etwas Neues einfallen lassen
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 erdenken
- erdenkt present singular third-person
- erdachte past
- erdacht participle past
- erdächte past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- erdenkend participle present
- erdenke first-person indicative present
- erdenkst indicative present second-person
- erdenkest second-person singular subjunctive
- erdenket plural second-person subjunctive
- erdachten first-person indicative plural
- erdächten first-person formal plural
- erdachtest indicative preterite second-person
- erdachtet indicative plural preterite
- erdächtest formal rare second-person
- erdächtet formal plural rare
- erdenk imperative second-person singular
- habe erdacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erdenken?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈdɛŋkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erdenken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erdenken in German?
erdenken appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).