erkämpfen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈkɛmp͡fn̩]
erkämpfen is spelled E-R-K-Ä-M-P-F-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erkämpfen is a German verb meaning “to gain through struggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Anstrengung gewinnen”.
What does erkämpfen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gain through struggle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Anstrengung gewinnen
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 erkämpfen
- erkämpft present singular third-person
- erkämpfte past
- haben auxiliary
- erkämpfend participle present
- erkämpfe first-person indicative present
- erkämpfst indicative present second-person
- erkämpfest second-person singular subjunctive
- erkämpfet plural second-person subjunctive
- erkämpften first-person indicative plural
- erkämpftest indicative preterite second-person
- erkämpftet indicative plural preterite
- erkämpf imperative second-person singular
- habe erkämpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erkämpft first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erkämpf! imperative singular
- erkämpfe! imperative singular
- erkämpft! imperative plural
- erkämpft haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erkämpfen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈkɛmp͡fn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erkämpfen in German?
erkämpfen appears 1.4 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).