erreichen
German, verb
erreichen is spelled E-R-R-E-I-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written German, the 837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erreichen is a German verb meaning “to reach (to attain by stretching)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erreichen is a different word: “gerund of erreichen (“achievement, achieving; reaching”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu jemandem oder zu etwas hingelangen”.
What does erreichen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to reach (to attain by stretching)
Sie kann das Regal nicht erreichen.
- 2
to reach, to get to, to arrive at (a place)
- 3
to reach (to establish contact with)
Wie kann ich ihn erreichen?
- 4
to accomplish
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erreichen (“achievement, achieving; reaching”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu jemandem oder zu etwas hingelangen 2. zu einem Ziel gelangen; seine Wünsche durchsetzen 3. eine Verbindung zu jemandem herstellen
noun: 1. Vorgang, Handlung, zu jemandem oder zu etwas hinzugelangen 2. Durchsetzung von Wünschen, Ideen, Maßnahmen oder Ähnlichem, um zu einem Ziel zu gelangen
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 erreichen
- erreicht present singular third-person
- erreichte past
- haben auxiliary
- erreichend participle present
- erreiche first-person indicative present
- erreichst indicative present second-person
- erreichest second-person singular subjunctive
- erreichet plural second-person subjunctive
- erreichten first-person indicative plural
- erreichtest indicative preterite second-person
- erreichtet indicative plural preterite
- erreich imperative second-person singular
- habe erreicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erreicht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erreich! imperative singular
- erreiche! imperative singular
- erreicht! imperative plural
- erreicht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erreichen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erreichen in German?
erreichen appears 102 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).