ergrauen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən]
ergrauen is spelled E-R-G-R-A-U-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergrauen is a German verb meaning “to grey (to become grey)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Farbe Grau annehmen”.
What does ergrauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grey (to become grey)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Farbe Grau annehmen
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 ergrauen
- ergraut present singular third-person
- ergraute past
- sein auxiliary
- ergrauend participle present
- ergraue first-person indicative present
- ergraust indicative present second-person
- ergrauest second-person singular subjunctive
- ergrauet plural second-person subjunctive
- ergrauten first-person indicative plural
- ergrautest indicative preterite second-person
- ergrautet indicative plural preterite
- ergrau imperative second-person singular
- bin ergraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind ergraut first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ergrau! imperative singular
- ergraue! imperative singular
- ergraut! imperative plural
- ergraut sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergrauen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁaʊ̯ən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ergrauen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ergrauen in German?
ergrauen appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).