erschwingen
German, verb/ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋən/
erschwingen is spelled E-R-S-C-H-W-I-N-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written German, the 564,542nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschwingen is a German verb meaning “to afford something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(das viele Geld) aufbringen, was man braucht, um sich etwas Teures leisten zu können”.
What does erschwingen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to afford something
etwas erschwingen können
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (das viele Geld) aufbringen, was man braucht, um sich etwas Teures leisten zu können 2. erwerben
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 erschwingen
- erschwingt present singular third-person
- erschwang past
- erschwungen participle past
- erschwänge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- erschwingend participle present
- erschwinge first-person indicative present
- erschwingst indicative present second-person
- erschwingest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschwinget plural second-person subjunctive
- erschwangen first-person indicative plural
- erschwängen first-person formal plural
- erschwangst indicative preterite second-person
- erschwangt indicative plural preterite
- erschwängest formal rare second-person
- erschwängst formal rare second-person
- erschwänget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erschwingen?
- /ʔɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃvɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erschwingen in German?
erschwingen appears about once in every 81 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).