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erklärend

German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁənt]

erklärend is a German adjective meaning “explanatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of erklären.

What does erklärend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    explanatory

verb

  1. 1

    present participle of erklären

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of erklärend

  • erklärender masculine nominative singular
  • am erklärendsten superlative
  • erklärende feminine nominative singular
  • erklärendes neuter nominative singular
  • erklärenden genitive masculine singular
  • erklärendem dative masculine singular
  • der erklärende definite includes-article masculine
  • die erklärende definite feminine includes-article
  • das erklärende definite includes-article neuter
  • die erklärenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des erklärenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der erklärenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem erklärenden dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erklärend?

  • [ɛɐ̯ˈklɛːʁənt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erklärend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erklärend in German?

erklärend appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).