erläutern
German, verb/ɛʁˈlɔʏ̯təʁn/
erläutern is spelled E-R-L-Ä-U-T-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erläutern is a German verb meaning “to explain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas lehrend umschreiben”.
What does erläutern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to explain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas lehrend umschreiben
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 erläutern
- erläutert present singular third-person
- erläuterte past
- haben auxiliary
- erläuternd participle present
- erläutre first-person indicative present
- erläutere first-person indicative present
- erläuter first-person indicative present
- erläuterst indicative present second-person
- erläuterest second-person singular subjunctive
- erläutrest second-person singular subjunctive
- erläuteret plural second-person subjunctive
- erläutret plural second-person subjunctive
- erläuterten first-person indicative plural
- erläutertest indicative preterite second-person
- erläutertet indicative plural preterite
- erläutere! imperative singular
- erläuter! imperative singular
- erläutert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erläutern?
- /ɛʁˈlɔʏ̯təʁn/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈlɔʏ̯tʰɐn]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈlɔɪ̯tɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erläutern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erläutern in German?
erläutern appears 6.5 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).