erlahmen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈlaːmən]
erlahmen is spelled E-R-L-A-H-M-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 159,136th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erlahmen is a German verb meaning “to flag, to weaken” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in der Kraft nachlassen”.
What does erlahmen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flag, to weaken
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in der Kraft nachlassen 2. nach anfänglicher Intensität weniger 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 erlahmen
- erlahmt present singular third-person
- erlahmte past
- haben auxiliary
- erlahmend participle present
- erlahme first-person indicative present
- erlahmst indicative present second-person
- erlahmest second-person singular subjunctive
- erlahmet plural second-person subjunctive
- erlahmten first-person indicative plural
- erlahmtest indicative preterite second-person
- erlahmtet indicative plural preterite
- erlahm imperative second-person singular
- habe erlahmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erlahmt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erlahm! imperative singular
- erlahme! imperative singular
- erlahmt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erlahmen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈlaːmən]
- Germany [ɛɐ̯ˈlaːmː]
- Austria /ɛɐ̯ˈlaːmɛn/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erlahmen in German?
erlahmen appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).