ererben
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʔɛʁbn̩/
ererben is spelled E-R-E-R-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ererben is a German verb meaning “to inherit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Hinterlassenschaft (Erbe) nach dem Tode einer Person bekommen”.
What does ererben mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto inherit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Hinterlassenschaft (Erbe) nach dem Tode einer Person bekommen 2. als charakteristisches Merkmal in seinen Genen haben
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 ererben
- ererbt present singular third-person
- ererbte past
- haben auxiliary
- ererbend participle present
- ererbe first-person indicative present
- ererbst indicative present second-person
- ererbest second-person singular subjunctive
- ererbet plural second-person subjunctive
- ererbten first-person indicative plural
- ererbtest indicative preterite second-person
- ererbtet indicative plural preterite
- ererb imperative second-person singular
- habe ererbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ererbt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ererb! imperative singular
- ererbe! imperative singular
- ererbt! imperative plural
- ererbt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ererben?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʔɛʁbn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɛʁbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ererben in German?
ererben appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).