erleichtern
German, verb
erleichtern is spelled E-R-L-E-I-C-H-T-E-R-N (11 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erleichtern is a German verb meaning “to facilitate, make easier” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erleichtern is a different word: “gerund of erleichtern”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas leichter machen, für weniger Gewicht sorgen”.
What does erleichtern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to facilitate, make easier
- 2
to ease
- 3
to simplify
- 4
to relieve oneself
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erleichtern
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas leichter machen, für weniger Gewicht sorgen 2. bei jemandem psychischen Druck verringern oder beseitigen 3. seine Notdurft verrichten 4. etwas einfacher oder bequemer machen
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 erleichtern
- erleichtert present singular third-person
- erleichterte past
- haben auxiliary
- erleichternd participle present
- erleichtre first-person indicative present
- erleichtere first-person indicative present
- erleichter first-person indicative present
- erleichterst indicative present second-person
- erleichterest second-person singular subjunctive
- erleichtrest second-person singular subjunctive
- erleichteret plural second-person subjunctive
- erleichtret plural second-person subjunctive
- erleichterten first-person indicative plural
- erleichtertest indicative preterite second-person
- erleichtertet indicative plural preterite
- erleichtere! imperative singular
- erleichtert! imperative plural
- erleichtert haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erleichtern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erleichtern in German?
erleichtern appears 9.3 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).