erringen
German, verb
erringen is spelled E-R-R-I-N-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erringen is a German verb meaning “to gain, to achieve (by great effort)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erringen is a different word: “gerund of erringen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas erhalten/gewinnen, indem man sich sehr darum bemüht (ringt) und Einsatz zeigt”.
What does erringen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gain, to achieve (by great effort)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erringen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas erhalten/gewinnen, indem man sich sehr darum bemüht (ringt) und Einsatz zeigt
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 erringen
- erringt present singular third-person
- errang past
- errungen participle past
- erränge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- erringend participle present
- erringe first-person indicative present
- erringst indicative present second-person
- erringest second-person singular subjunctive
- erringet plural second-person subjunctive
- errangen first-person indicative plural
- errängen first-person formal plural
- errangst indicative preterite second-person
- errangt indicative plural preterite
- errängest formal rare second-person
- errängst formal rare second-person
- erränget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erringen in German?
erringen appears 2.8 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).