erstatten
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatn̩/
erstatten is spelled E-R-S-T-A-T-T-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written German, the 12,256th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstatten is a German verb meaning “to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically translated by English reimburse or English refund…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem Geld zurückgeben, das er für etwas ausgegeben hat”.
What does erstatten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to pay back [with accusative ‘something’ and dative ‘to someone’] (also idiomatically translated by English reimburse or English refund (someone for something))
Wir werden Ihnen die Kosten erstatten.
- 2
to grant, to administer, to make, to do
Bericht erstatten über etwas
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem Geld zurückgeben, das er für etwas ausgegeben hat 2. etwas offiziell mitteilen 3. etwas meist offiziell mündlich und/oder schriftlich wiedergeben
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 erstatten
- erstattet present singular third-person
- erstattete past
- haben auxiliary
- erstattend participle present
- erstatte first-person indicative present
- erstattest indicative present second-person
- erstatteten first-person indicative plural
- erstattetest indicative preterite second-person
- erstattetet indicative plural preterite
- erstatt imperative second-person singular
- habe erstattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erstattet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erstatt! imperative singular
- erstatte! imperative singular
- erstattet! imperative plural
- erstattet haben active infinitive perfect
- erstattet werden processual-passive infinitive present
- erstattet worden sein processual-passive infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erstatten?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtatn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erstatten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erstatten in German?
erstatten appears 5.0 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).