erstrecken
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkən/
erstrecken is spelled E-R-S-T-R-E-C-K-E-N (10 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written German, the 19,537th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstrecken is a German verb meaning “to extend” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine bestimmte räumliche Ausdehnung haben”.
What does erstrecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to extend
- 2
to range
- 3
to cover
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine bestimmte räumliche Ausdehnung haben 2. eine bestimmte zeitliche Ausdehnung haben 3. für jemanden/etwas gelten, jemanden/etwas betreffen 4. etwas zeitlich verschieben
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 erstrecken
- erstreckt present singular third-person
- erstreckte past
- haben auxiliary
- erstreckend participle present
- erstrecke first-person indicative present
- erstreckst indicative present second-person
- erstreckest second-person singular subjunctive
- erstrecket plural second-person subjunctive
- erstreckten first-person indicative plural
- erstrecktest indicative preterite second-person
- erstrecktet indicative plural preterite
- erstreck imperative second-person singular
- habe erstreckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erstreckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erstreck! imperative singular
- erstrecke! imperative singular
- erstreckt! imperative plural
- erstreckt haben transitive active infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erstrecken?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkən/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁɛkn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erstrecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erstrecken in German?
erstrecken appears 2.7 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).