erkiesen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈkiːzn̩]
erkiesen is spelled E-R-K-I-E-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erkiesen is a German verb meaning “to pick, go for, choose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden oder etwas auswählen, erwählen”.
What does erkiesen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pick, go for, choose
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden oder etwas auswählen, erwählen
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 erkiesen
- erkiest obsolete present singular
- erkor past
- erkoren participle past
- erköre past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- erkiesend obsolete participle present
- erkiese first-person indicative obsolete
- erkiesest obsolete second-person singular
- erkieset obsolete plural second-person
- erkören first-person formal plural
- erkorst indicative preterite second-person
- erkort indicative plural preterite
- erkörest formal rare second-person
- erkörst formal rare second-person
- erköret formal plural rare
- erkört formal plural rare
- erkies imperative obsolete second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erkiesen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈkiːzn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erkiesen in German?
erkiesen appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).