erklingen
German, verb
erklingen is spelled E-R-K-L-I-N-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,531st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erklingen is a German verb meaning “to sound (to produce a sound)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erklingen is a different word: “gerund of erklingen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “für das menschliche Ohr hörbar werden, oftmals in Form einer melodischen Tonfolge (Klang); Klänge von sich…”.
What does erklingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sound (to produce a sound)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erklingen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für das menschliche Ohr hörbar werden, oftmals in Form einer melodischen Tonfolge (Klang); Klänge von sich geben
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 erklingen
- erklingt present singular third-person
- erklang past
- erklungen participle past
- erklänge past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 3 strong
- erklingend participle present
- erklinge first-person indicative present
- erklingst indicative present second-person
- erklingest second-person singular subjunctive
- erklinget plural second-person subjunctive
- erklangen first-person indicative plural
- erklängen first-person formal plural
- erklangst indicative preterite second-person
- erklangt indicative plural preterite
- erklängest formal rare second-person
- erklängst formal rare second-person
- erklänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erklingen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erklingen in German?
erklingen appears 1.5 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).