erlösen
German, verb
erlösen is spelled E-R-L-Ö-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,467th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erlösen is a German verb meaning “to deliver, to set free” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, erlosen is a different word: “to win (e.g. via a lottery, raffle)”. With a capital, Erlösen is a different word: “dative plural of Erlös”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Not oder Gefangenschaft befreien, freikämpfen”.
What does erlösen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deliver, to set free
- 2
to deliver; to redeem; to save (to free from sin, its destructive power and its punishment)
- 3
to bring forth as proceeds
verb
- 1
to win (e.g. via a lottery, raffle)
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Erlös
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aus Not oder Gefangenschaft befreien, freikämpfen 2. Gewinn erzielen (Vergleiche auch Erlös)
verb: 1. etwas bekommen, weil man es in einer Tombola, Lotterie, einem Spiel durch Los gewonnen hat
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 erlösen
- erlöst present singular third-person
- erlöste past
- haben auxiliary
- erlösend participle present
- erlöse first-person indicative present
- erlösest second-person singular subjunctive
- erlöset plural second-person subjunctive
- erlösten first-person indicative plural
- erlöstest indicative preterite second-person
- erlöstet indicative plural preterite
- erlös imperative second-person singular
- habe erlöst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erlöst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erlös! imperative singular
- erlöse! imperative singular
- erlöst! imperative plural
- erlöst haben active infinitive perfect
- erlöst werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erlösen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erlösen in German?
erlösen appears 2.1 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).