erniedrigen
German, verb
erniedrigen is spelled E-R-N-I-E-D-R-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erniedrigen is a German verb meaning “to abase (to lower so as to hurt feelings), to dishonor, to humble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erniedrigen is a different word: “gerund of erniedrigen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden (moralisch) abstufen, abwerten”.
What does erniedrigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abase (to lower so as to hurt feelings), to dishonor, to humble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erniedrigen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden (moralisch) abstufen, abwerten 2. etwas umgestalten, so dass es niedriger wird 3. um einen Halbton herabsetzen
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 erniedrigen
- erniedrigt present singular third-person
- erniedrigte past
- haben auxiliary
- erniedrigend participle present
- erniedrige first-person indicative present
- erniedrigst indicative present second-person
- erniedrigest second-person singular subjunctive
- erniedriget plural second-person subjunctive
- erniedrigten first-person indicative plural
- erniedrigtest indicative preterite second-person
- erniedrigtet indicative plural preterite
- erniedrig imperative second-person singular
- habe erniedrigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erniedrigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erniedrige! imperative singular
- erniedrigt! imperative plural
- erniedrigt haben active infinitive perfect
- erniedrigt 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 erniedrigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erniedrigen in German?
erniedrigen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).