erlegen
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡŋ̩/
erlegen is spelled E-R-L-E-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 24,663rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erlegen is a German verb meaning “to hunt down (wild game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a causative of erliegen: to make succumb. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Tier bei der Jagd (durch einen Schuss) töten”.
What does erlegen mean in English?
verb
- 1
causative of erliegen: to make succumb
- 2
to hunt down (wild game)
- 3
to cull (livestock)
- 4
to pay a sum of money
verb
- 1
past participle of erliegen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Tier bei der Jagd (durch einen Schuss) töten 2. (einen Geldbetrag) bezahlen, hergeben
noun: 1. das Töten, Niederstrecken eines Tieres, zum Beispiel durch den Schuss aus einem Gewehr 2. das Hergeben, Bezahlen eines Geldbetrages
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 erlegen
- erlegt present singular third-person
- erlegte past
- haben auxiliary
- erlegend participle present
- erlege first-person indicative present
- erlegst indicative present second-person
- erlegest second-person singular subjunctive
- erleget plural second-person subjunctive
- erlegten first-person indicative plural
- erlegtest indicative preterite second-person
- erlegtet indicative plural preterite
- erleg imperative second-person singular
- habe erlegt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erlegt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erleg! imperative singular
- erlege! imperative singular
- erlegt! imperative plural
- erlegener positive nominative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erlegen?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡŋ̩/
- /ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈleːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erlegen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erlegen in German?
erlegen appears 1.9 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).