erholen
German, verb[ʔɛɐ̯ˈhoːln̩]
erholen is spelled E-R-H-O-L-E-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erholen is a German verb meaning “to relax, to recover, to recuperate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich entspannen”.
What does erholen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to relax, to recover, to recuperate
Ich erhole mich von einer anstrengenden Reise.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich entspannen 2. von einem schlechten Zustand zu einem besseren übergehen; wieder gesund werden
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 erholen
- erholt present singular third-person
- erholte past
- haben auxiliary
- erholend participle present
- erhole first-person indicative present
- erholst indicative present second-person
- erholest second-person singular subjunctive
- erholet plural second-person subjunctive
- erholten first-person indicative plural
- erholtest indicative preterite second-person
- erholtet indicative plural preterite
- erhol imperative second-person singular
- habe erholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erhole! imperative singular
- erholt! imperative plural
- sich erholen active present
- sich erholt haben active perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erholen?
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈhoːln̩]
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈhoːlən]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈhoːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erholen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erholen in German?
erholen appears 6.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).