erspüren
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈʃpyːʁən]
erspüren is spelled E-R-S-P-Ü-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 113,526th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erspüren is a German verb meaning “to sense something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas erkennen und erfassen, indem man die Gefühle anderer bemerkt und richtig deutet”.
What does erspüren mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sense something
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas erkennen und erfassen, indem man die Gefühle anderer bemerkt und richtig deutet 2. etwas erkennen und erfassen, indem man es mit den Fingern berührt, es in den Fingern spürt
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 erspüren
- erspürt present singular third-person
- erspürte past
- haben auxiliary
- erspürend participle present
- erspüre first-person indicative present
- erspürst indicative present second-person
- erspürest second-person singular subjunctive
- erspüret plural second-person subjunctive
- erspürten first-person indicative plural
- erspürtest indicative preterite second-person
- erspürtet indicative plural preterite
- erspür imperative second-person singular
- habe erspürt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erspürt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erspür! imperative singular
- erspüre! imperative singular
- erspürt! imperative plural
- erspürt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erspüren?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃpyːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erspüren in German?
erspüren appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).