erfühlen
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈfyːlən/
erfühlen is spelled E-R-F-Ü-H-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 130,853rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erfühlen is a German verb meaning “to sense by touching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Fühlen/Tasten erfassen, erkennen”.
What does erfühlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sense by touching
- 2
to grasp emotionally
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Fühlen/Tasten erfassen, erkennen 2. etwas gefühlsmäßig erfassen
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 erfühlen
- erfühlt present singular third-person
- erfühlte past
- haben auxiliary
- erfühlend participle present
- erfühle first-person indicative present
- erfühlst indicative present second-person
- erfühlest second-person singular subjunctive
- erfühlet plural second-person subjunctive
- erfühlten first-person indicative plural
- erfühltest indicative preterite second-person
- erfühltet indicative plural preterite
- erfühl imperative second-person singular
- habe erfühlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erfühlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erfühl! imperative singular
- erfühle! imperative singular
- erfühlt! imperative plural
- erfühlt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erfühlen?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈfyːlən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈfyːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erfühlen in German?
erfühlen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).