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erfreut

German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯t]

erfreut is spelled E-R-F-R-E-U-T (7 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfreut is a German verb meaning “past participle of erfreuen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does erfreut mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of erfreuen

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present

  2. 2

    second-person plural present

  3. 3

    plural imperative

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. durch etwas oder jemanden positiv gestimmt sein

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 erfreut

  • erfreuter comparative
  • am erfreutesten superlative
  • erfreute positive nominative strong
  • erfreutes positive nominative strong
  • erfreuten positive genitive strong
  • erfreutem positive dative strong

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

How do you pronounce erfreut?

  • [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɔɪ̯t]

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

English words that translate to erfreut

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erfreut in German?

erfreut appears 14 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).

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