erfrischen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃn̩]
erfrischen is spelled E-R-F-R-I-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 58,632nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfrischen is a German verb meaning “to refresh (to renew or revitalize, especially by consuming beverages)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “neue Stärke geben, (mit etwas, durch etwas) Frische verleihen”.
What does erfrischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refresh (to renew or revitalize, especially by consuming beverages)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. neue Stärke geben, (mit etwas, durch etwas) Frische verleihen 2. sich mit etwas stärken, sich an etwas gütlich tun
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 erfrischen
- erfrischt present singular third-person
- erfrischte past
- haben auxiliary
- erfrischend participle present
- erfrische first-person indicative present
- erfrischst indicative present second-person
- erfrischest second-person singular subjunctive
- erfrischet plural second-person subjunctive
- erfrischten first-person indicative plural
- erfrischtest indicative preterite second-person
- erfrischtet indicative plural preterite
- erfrisch imperative second-person singular
- habe erfrischt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erfrisch! imperative singular
- erfrische! imperative singular
- erfrischt! imperative plural
- erfrischt haben active infinitive perfect
- erfrischt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfrischen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erfrischen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erfrischen in German?
erfrischen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).