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erledigt

German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪçt]

erledigt is spelled E-R-L-E-D-I-G-T (8 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erledigt is a German adjective meaning “completed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of erledigen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “beendet, fertiggestellt, zu den Akten gelegt”.

What does erledigt mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    completed

  2. 2

    done for

  3. 3

    colloquialexhausted

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of erledigen

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present

  2. 2

    second-person plural present

  3. 3

    plural imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. beendet, fertiggestellt, zu den Akten gelegt 2. ermüdet, erschöpft 3. ruiniert

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 erledigt

  • erledigter masculine nominative singular
  • erledigte feminine nominative singular
  • erledigtes neuter nominative singular
  • erledigten genitive masculine singular
  • erledigtem dative masculine singular
  • der erledigte definite includes-article masculine
  • die erledigte definite feminine includes-article
  • das erledigte definite includes-article neuter
  • die erledigten definite includes-article nominative
  • des erledigten definite genitive includes-article
  • der erledigten definite feminine genitive
  • dem erledigten dative definite includes-article
  • den erledigten dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce erledigt?

  • [ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪçt]
  • [ɛɐ̯ˈleːdɪkt]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to erledigt

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is erledigt in German?

erledigt appears 26 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).

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