erretten
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʁɛtn̩/
erretten is spelled E-R-R-E-T-T-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 102,515th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erretten is a German verb meaning “to save, rescue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem aus einer unangenehmen oder gefährlichen Situation helfen, jemanden befreien”.
What does erretten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to save, rescue
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem aus einer unangenehmen oder gefährlichen Situation helfen, jemanden befreien
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 erretten
- errettet present singular third-person
- errettete past
- haben auxiliary
- errettend participle present
- errette first-person indicative present
- errettest indicative present second-person
- erretteten first-person indicative plural
- errettetest indicative preterite second-person
- errettetet indicative plural preterite
- errett imperative second-person singular
- habe errettet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben errettet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- errett! imperative singular
- errette! imperative singular
- errettet! imperative plural
- errettet haben active infinitive perfect
- errettet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- errettet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erretten?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʁɛtn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʁɛtn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erretten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erretten in German?
erretten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).