ergrünen
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁyːnən/
ergrünen is spelled E-R-G-R-Ü-N-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ergrünen is a German verb meaning “to green” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(grüne) Blätter bekommen”.
What does ergrünen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to green
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (grüne) Blätter bekommen
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 ergrünen
- ergrünt present singular third-person
- ergrünte past
- sein auxiliary
- ergrünend participle present
- ergrüne first-person indicative present
- ergrünst indicative present second-person
- ergrünest second-person singular subjunctive
- ergrünet plural second-person subjunctive
- ergrünten first-person indicative plural
- ergrüntest indicative preterite second-person
- ergrüntet indicative plural preterite
- ergrün imperative second-person singular
- bin ergrünt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind ergrünt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ergrün! imperative singular
- ergrüne! imperative singular
- ergrünt! imperative plural
- ergrünt sein active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ergrünen?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁyːnən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈɡʁyːnən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ergrünen in German?
ergrünen appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).