ermitteln
German, verb
ermitteln is spelled E-R-M-I-T-T-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ermitteln is a German verb meaning “to determine, to identify (a value or identity; through a calculation or other process)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ermitteln is a different word: “gerund of ermitteln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch Nachforschung etwas herausfinden”.
What does ermitteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to determine, to identify (a value or identity; through a calculation or other process)
Die Unfallursache konnte nicht ermittelt werden.
- 2
to investigate (by the police)
Gegen den Mann wird wegen Diebstahls ermittelt.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ermitteln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch Nachforschung etwas herausfinden 2. etwas errechnen 3. in einer Strafsache Untersuchungen durchführen
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 ermitteln
- ermittelt present singular third-person
- ermittelte past
- haben auxiliary
- ermittelnd participle present
- ermittle first-person indicative present
- ermittele first-person indicative present
- ermittel first-person indicative present
- ermittelst indicative present second-person
- ermittelest second-person singular subjunctive
- ermittlest second-person singular subjunctive
- ermittelet plural second-person subjunctive
- ermittlet plural second-person subjunctive
- ermittelten first-person indicative plural
- ermitteltest indicative preterite second-person
- ermitteltet indicative plural preterite
- ermittle! imperative singular
- ermittelt! imperative plural
- ermittelt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ermitteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ermitteln in German?
ermitteln appears 15 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).