ermüden
German, verb
ermüden is spelled E-R-M-Ü-D-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 74,397th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ermüden is a German verb meaning “to tire; to fatigue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ermüden is a different word: “gerund of ermüden”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “müde, schläfrig machen”.
What does ermüden mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tire; to fatigue
Sie fing an zu ermüden.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ermüden
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. müde, schläfrig machen 2. müde, schläfrig werden
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 ermüden
- ermüdet present singular third-person
- ermüdete past
- sein auxiliary
- haben auxiliary
- sein or haben auxiliary
- ermüdend participle present
- ermüde first-person indicative present
- ermüdest indicative present second-person
- ermüdeten first-person indicative plural
- ermüdetest indicative preterite second-person
- ermüdetet indicative plural preterite
- ermüd imperative second-person singular
- ermüde! imperative singular
- ermüdet! imperative plural
- ermüdet haben auxiliary active infinitive
- ermüdet werden auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
- ermüdet worden sein auxiliary processual-passive infinitive
- ermüdet sein auxiliary statal-passive infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ermüden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ermüden in German?
ermüden appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).