erhellen
German, verb/ʔɛɐ̯ˈhɛlən/
erhellen is spelled E-R-H-E-L-L-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,091st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erhellen is a German verb meaning “to illuminate, to brighten” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für mehr Licht (Helligkeit) sorgen, etwas heller werden lassen”.
What does erhellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to illuminate, to brighten
- 2
to illuminate, to brighten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für mehr Licht (Helligkeit) sorgen, etwas heller werden lassen 2. für ein besseres Verständnis sorgen, etwas erklären 3. sich aufheitern, heller werden 4. sich als Konsequenz ergeben, aus einem Umstand als Resultat hervorgehen
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 erhellen
- erhellt present singular third-person
- erhellte past
- haben auxiliary
- erhellend participle present
- erhelle first-person indicative present
- erhellst indicative present second-person
- erhellest second-person singular subjunctive
- erhellet plural second-person subjunctive
- erhellten first-person indicative plural
- erhelltest indicative preterite second-person
- erhelltet indicative plural preterite
- erhell imperative second-person singular
- habe erhellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erhellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erhell! imperative singular
- erhelle! imperative singular
- erhellt! imperative plural
- erhellt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erhellen?
- /ʔɛɐ̯ˈhɛlən/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈhɛln̩]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erhellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erhellen in German?
erhellen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).