erschallen
German, verb
erschallen is spelled E-R-S-C-H-A-L-L-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschallen is a German verb meaning “to sound; to ring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erschallen is a different word: “gerund of erschallen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “laut ertönen, laut hörbar werden”.
What does erschallen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sound; to ring
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erschallen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. laut ertönen, laut hörbar werden
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 erschallen
- erschallt present singular third-person
- erschallte past
- erscholl past
- erschollen participle past
- erschölle past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- erschallend participle present
- erschalle first-person indicative present
- erschallst indicative present second-person
- erschallest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschallet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschallten first-person indicative plural
- erschöllen first-person formal plural
- erschalltest indicative preterite second-person
- erschollst indicative preterite second-person
- erschalltet indicative plural preterite
- erschollt indicative plural preterite
- erschall! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erschallen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschallen in German?
erschallen 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).