ernten
German, verb
ernten is spelled E-R-N-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ernten is a German verb meaning “to harvest, to reap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ernten is a different word: “gerund of ernten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Nutzpflanzen von den Feldern einholen”.
What does ernten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to harvest, to reap
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ernten
noun
- 1
plural of Ernte
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Nutzpflanzen von den Feldern einholen 2. etwas bekommen/erhalten
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 ernten
- erntet present singular third-person
- erntete past
- geerntet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- erntend participle present
- ernte first-person indicative present
- erntest indicative present second-person
- ernteten first-person indicative plural
- erntetest indicative preterite second-person
- erntetet indicative plural preterite
- ernt imperative second-person singular
- habe geerntet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geerntet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ernt! imperative singular
- ernte! imperative singular
- erntet! imperative plural
- geerntet haben active infinitive perfect
- geerntet 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 ernten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ernten in German?
ernten appears 5.1 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).