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erfrischend

German, adjective/ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃn̩t/

erfrischend is spelled E-R-F-R-I-S-C-H-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfrischend is a German adjective meaning “refreshing, freshening, recreating, bracing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of erfrischen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein angenehmes Gefühl der Frische erzeugend”.

What does erfrischend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    refreshing, freshening, recreating, bracing

    erfrischende Luft

  2. 2

    exhilarant

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of erfrischen

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. ein angenehmes Gefühl der Frische erzeugend

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 erfrischend

  • erfrischender masculine nominative singular
  • am erfrischendsten superlative
  • erfrischende feminine nominative singular
  • erfrischendes neuter nominative singular
  • erfrischenden genitive masculine singular
  • erfrischendem dative masculine singular
  • der erfrischende definite includes-article masculine
  • die erfrischende definite feminine includes-article
  • das erfrischende definite includes-article neuter
  • die erfrischenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des erfrischenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der erfrischenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem erfrischenden dative definite includes-article

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

How do you pronounce erfrischend?

  • /ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃn̩t/
  • [ɛɐ̯ˈfʁɪʃn̩t]

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

English words that translate to erfrischend

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

How common is erfrischend in German?

erfrischend appears 3.6 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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