erlangen
German, verb
erlangen is spelled E-R-L-A-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written German, the 3,888th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erlangen is a German verb meaning “to achieve, to obtain, to gain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erlangen is a different word: “gerund of erlangen; attainment”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Besitz nehmen, habhaft werden, erreichen”.
What does erlangen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to achieve, to obtain, to gain
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erlangen; attainment
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Besitz nehmen, habhaft werden, erreichen
noun: 1. die Inbesitznahme von körperlichen Gütern oder geistigen Werten; das Erreichen von Zielen
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 erlangen
- erlangt present singular third-person
- erlangte past
- haben auxiliary
- erlangend participle present
- erlange first-person indicative present
- erlangst indicative present second-person
- erlangest second-person singular subjunctive
- erlanget plural second-person subjunctive
- erlangten first-person indicative plural
- erlangtest indicative preterite second-person
- erlangtet indicative plural preterite
- erlang imperative second-person singular
- habe erlangt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erlangt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erlange! imperative singular
- erlangt! imperative plural
- erlangt haben active infinitive perfect
- erlangt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erlangen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erlangen in German?
erlangen appears 20 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).