erheischen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯ʃn̩]
erheischen is spelled E-R-H-E-I-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erheischen is a German verb meaning “to require” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas nötig haben”.
What does erheischen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to require
- 2
to demand
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas nötig haben 2. etwas bekommen wollen
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 erheischen
- erheischt present singular third-person
- erheischte past
- haben auxiliary
- erheischend participle present
- erheische first-person indicative present
- erheischst indicative present second-person
- erheischest second-person singular subjunctive
- erheischet plural second-person subjunctive
- erheischten first-person indicative plural
- erheischtest indicative preterite second-person
- erheischtet indicative plural preterite
- erheisch imperative second-person singular
- habe erheischt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erheisch! imperative singular
- erheische! imperative singular
- erheischt! imperative plural
- erheischt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu erheischen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erheischen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erheischen in German?
erheischen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).