ermöglichen
German, verb
ermöglichen is spelled E-R-M-Ö-G-L-I-C-H-E-N (11 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ermöglichen is a German verb meaning “to make possible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ermöglichen is a different word: “enablement”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Voraussetzungen für etwas herstellen; etwas möglich machen”.
What does ermöglichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make possible
noun
- 1
neuterenablement
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Voraussetzungen für etwas herstellen; etwas möglich 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 ermöglichen
- ermöglicht present singular third-person
- ermöglichte past
- haben auxiliary
- ermöglichend participle present
- ermögliche first-person indicative present
- ermöglichst indicative present second-person
- ermöglichest second-person singular subjunctive
- ermöglichet plural second-person subjunctive
- ermöglichten first-person indicative plural
- ermöglichtest indicative preterite second-person
- ermöglichtet indicative plural preterite
- ermöglich imperative second-person singular
- habe ermöglicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ermöglicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ermöglich! imperative singular
- ermögliche! imperative singular
- ermöglicht! imperative plural
- ermöglicht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ermöglichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ermöglichen in German?
ermöglichen appears 29 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).