erschwindeln
German, verb
erschwindeln is spelled E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-D-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written German, the 357,274th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschwindeln is a German verb meaning “to gain an advantage by lie or trickery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erschwindeln is a different word: “gerund of erschwindeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unter Behauptung falscher Tatsachen (Schwindel, Betrug) etwas aneignen”.
What does erschwindeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to gain an advantage by lie or trickery
Er hat sich die Anstellung erschwindelt
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erschwindeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unter Behauptung falscher Tatsachen (Schwindel, Betrug) etwas aneignen
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 erschwindeln
- erschwindelt present singular third-person
- erschwindelte past
- haben auxiliary
- erschwindelnd participle present
- erschwindle first-person indicative present
- erschwindele first-person indicative present
- erschwindel first-person indicative present
- erschwindelst indicative present second-person
- erschwindelest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschwindlest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschwindelet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschwindlet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschwindelten first-person indicative plural
- erschwindeltest indicative preterite second-person
- erschwindeltet indicative plural preterite
- erschwindel! imperative singular
- erschwindele! imperative singular
- erschwindelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erschwindeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschwindeln in German?
erschwindeln appears about once in every 36 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).