erproben
German, verb[ʔɛʁˈpʁoːbən]
erproben is spelled E-R-P-R-O-B-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erproben is a German verb meaning “to test” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “testen, ob etwas tatsächlich so funktioniert, wie es funktionieren soll”.
What does erproben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to test
- 2
to prove
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. testen, ob etwas tatsächlich so funktioniert, wie es funktionieren soll
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 erproben
- erprobt present singular third-person
- erprobte past
- haben auxiliary
- erprobend participle present
- erprobe first-person indicative present
- erprobst indicative present second-person
- erprobest second-person singular subjunctive
- erprobet plural second-person subjunctive
- erprobten first-person indicative plural
- erprobtest indicative preterite second-person
- erprobtet indicative plural preterite
- erprob imperative second-person singular
- habe erprobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erprobt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erprob! imperative singular
- erprobe! imperative singular
- erprobt! imperative plural
- erprobt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erproben?
- [ʔɛʁˈpʁoːbən]
- [-bm̩]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈpʁoːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erproben in German?
erproben appears 1.2 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).