erfreuen
German, verb/ɛʁˈfʁɔʏ̯ən/
erfreuen is spelled E-R-F-R-E-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfreuen is a German verb meaning “to please; to make happy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Sache genießen, für eine Sache Freude, fröhliches Gefühl empfinden”.
What does erfreuen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to please; to make happy
Dein Überraschungsbesuch hat mich sehr erfreut.
- 2
to enjoy; to delight in
Die Vertreterin erfreut sich eines guten Rufes.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Sache genießen, für eine Sache Freude, fröhliches Gefühl empfinden 2. bei jemandem Freude oder innere Heiterkeit hervorrufen
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 erfreuen
- erfreut present singular third-person
- erfreute past
- haben auxiliary
- erfreuend participle present
- erfreue first-person indicative present
- erfreust indicative present second-person
- erfreuest second-person singular subjunctive
- erfreuet plural second-person subjunctive
- erfreuten first-person indicative plural
- erfreutest indicative preterite second-person
- erfreutet indicative plural preterite
- erfreu imperative second-person singular
- habe erfreut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erfreut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erfreu! imperative singular
- erfreue! imperative singular
- erfreut! imperative plural
- erfreut haben transitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfreuen?
- /ɛʁˈfʁɔʏ̯ən/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔʏ̯n]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erfreuen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erfreuen in German?
erfreuen appears 5.8 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).