Erfolg
German, noun
Erfolg is spelled E-R-F-O-L-G (6 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written German, the 588th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfolg is a German masculine noun meaning “success” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, erfolg is a different word: “singular imperative of erfolgen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Gelingen einer Sache”.
What does Erfolg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesuccess
Das Projekt ist ein großer Erfolg.
verb
- 1
singular imperative of erfolgen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of erfolgen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das Gelingen einer Sache 2. das Erreichen selbst gesetzter Ziele
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 Erfolg
- Erfolges genitive
- Erfolgs genitive
- Erfolge plural
- Erfolgen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Erfolg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erfolg in German?
Erfolg appears 148 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).