erflehen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈfleːən]
erflehen is spelled E-R-F-L-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erflehen is a German verb meaning “to beg for, to plead for; to beseech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bitten, indem man sich zurücknimmt und demütig (unter Flehen) erbittet, was einem nicht zusteht”.
What does erflehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to beg for, to plead for; to beseech
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bitten, indem man sich zurücknimmt und demütig (unter Flehen) erbittet, was einem nicht zusteht
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 erflehen
- erfleht present singular third-person
- erflehte past
- haben auxiliary
- erflehend participle present
- erflehe first-person indicative present
- erflehst indicative present second-person
- erflehest second-person singular subjunctive
- erflehet plural second-person subjunctive
- erflehten first-person indicative plural
- erflehtest indicative preterite second-person
- erflehtet indicative plural preterite
- erfleh imperative second-person singular
- habe erfleht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erfleht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erfleh! imperative singular
- erflehe! imperative singular
- erfleht! imperative plural
- erfleht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erflehen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfleːən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erflehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erflehen in German?
erflehen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).