ereilen
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯lən/
ereilen is spelled E-R-E-I-L-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ereilen is a German verb meaning “to befall, overtake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden auf unangenehme Weise einholen/erreichen/überraschen”.
What does ereilen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to befall, overtake
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden auf unangenehme Weise einholen/erreichen/überraschen
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 ereilen
- ereilt present singular third-person
- ereilte past
- haben auxiliary
- ereilend participle present
- ereile first-person indicative present
- ereilst indicative present second-person
- ereilest second-person singular subjunctive
- ereilet plural second-person subjunctive
- ereilten first-person indicative plural
- ereiltest indicative preterite second-person
- ereiltet indicative plural preterite
- ereil imperative second-person singular
- habe ereilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ereilt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ereil! imperative singular
- ereile! imperative singular
- ereilt! imperative plural
- ereilt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ereilen?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯lən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ereilen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ereilen in German?
ereilen appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).