erleben
German, verb/ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːbm̩/
erleben is spelled E-R-L-E-B-E-N (7 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written German, the 1,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erleben is a German verb meaning “to experience” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Erfahrung machen, bei etwas dabei sein”.
What does erleben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to experience
Wir erleben gerade einige Turbulenzen.
- 2
to see, live to see, witness
- 3
to undergo
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Erfahrung machen, bei etwas dabei sein 2. zu einem Zeitpunkt noch am Leben sein
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 erleben
- erlebt present singular third-person
- erlebte past
- haben auxiliary
- erlebend participle present
- erlebe first-person indicative present
- erlebst indicative present second-person
- erlebest second-person singular subjunctive
- erlebet plural second-person subjunctive
- erlebten first-person indicative plural
- erlebtest indicative preterite second-person
- erlebtet indicative plural preterite
- erleb imperative second-person singular
- habe erlebt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erlebt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erlebe! imperative singular
- erlebt! imperative plural
- erlebt haben active infinitive perfect
- erlebt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erleben?
- /ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːbm̩/
- /ʔɛɐ̯ˈleːbən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈleːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erleben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erleben in German?
erleben appears 45 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).