erstaunt
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯nt]
erstaunt is spelled E-R-S-T-A-U-N-T (8 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstaunt is a German verb meaning “past participle of erstaunen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does erstaunt mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of erstaunen
verb
- 1
second-person plural present
- 2
third-person singular present
- 3
plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. über etwas staunend
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 erstaunt
- erstaunter comparative
- am erstauntesten superlative
- erstaunte positive nominative strong
- erstauntes positive nominative strong
- erstaunten positive genitive strong
- erstauntem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erstaunt?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʊ̯nt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erstaunt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erstaunt in German?
erstaunt appears 9.3 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).