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ererbt

German, adjective[ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔɛɐ̯pt]

ererbt is spelled E-R-E-R-B-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 179,801st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ererbt is a German adjective meaning “inherited” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of ererben. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Erben Vermögen erhalten habend”.

What does ererbt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    inherited

  2. 2

    inbred

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of ererben

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. durch Erben Vermögen erhalten habend 2. eine Veranlagung oder Ähnliches von den Vorfahren mitbekommen habend

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 ererbt

  • ererbter masculine nominative singular
  • ererbte feminine nominative singular
  • ererbtes neuter nominative singular
  • ererbten genitive masculine singular
  • ererbtem dative masculine singular
  • der ererbte definite includes-article masculine
  • die ererbte definite feminine includes-article
  • das ererbte definite includes-article neuter
  • die ererbten definite includes-article nominative
  • des ererbten definite genitive includes-article
  • der ererbten definite feminine genitive
  • dem ererbten dative definite includes-article
  • den ererbten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ererbt?

  • [ʔɛɐ̯ˈʔɛɐ̯pt]
  • [ɛɐ̯ˈʔɛʁpt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ererbt in German?

ererbt 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).

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