erquicken
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩/
erquicken is spelled E-R-Q-U-I-C-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erquicken is a German verb meaning “to refresh, revive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “neu beleben, laben”.
What does erquicken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refresh, revive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. neu beleben, laben
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 erquicken
- erquickt present singular third-person
- erquickte past
- haben auxiliary
- erquickend participle present
- erquicke first-person indicative present
- erquickst indicative present second-person
- erquickest second-person singular subjunctive
- erquicket plural second-person subjunctive
- erquickten first-person indicative plural
- erquicktest indicative preterite second-person
- erquicktet indicative plural preterite
- erquick imperative second-person singular
- habe erquickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erquickt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erquicke! imperative singular
- erquickt! imperative plural
- erquickt haben active infinitive perfect
- erquickt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erquicken?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩/
- /ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkŋ̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erquicken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erquicken in German?
erquicken appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).