ermutigen
German, verb/ɛʁˈmuːtiɡən/
ermutigen is spelled E-R-M-U-T-I-G-E-N (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written German, the 23,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ermutigen is a German verb meaning “to encourage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem zureden, etwas zu tun”.
What does ermutigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encourage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem zureden, etwas zu tun
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 ermutigen
- ermutigt present singular third-person
- ermutigte past
- haben auxiliary
- ermutigend participle present
- ermutige first-person indicative present
- ermutigst indicative present second-person
- ermutigest second-person singular subjunctive
- ermutiget plural second-person subjunctive
- ermutigten first-person indicative plural
- ermutigtest indicative preterite second-person
- ermutigtet indicative plural preterite
- ermutig imperative second-person singular
- habe ermutigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ermutigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ermutig! imperative singular
- ermutige! imperative singular
- ermutigt! imperative plural
- ermutigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ermutigen?
- /ɛʁˈmuːtiɡən/
- [ʔɛɐ̯ˈmuːtʰiɡŋ̍]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈmuːtɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ermutigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ermutigen in German?
ermutigen 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).