erstreiten
German, verb
erstreiten is spelled E-R-S-T-R-E-I-T-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 101,039th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstreiten is a German verb meaning “to win, to gain, to achieve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erstreiten is a different word: “gerund of erstreiten”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas erhalten/gewinnen, indem man im Kampf (Streit, Prozess) Einsatz zeigt”.
What does erstreiten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to win, to gain, to achieve
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erstreiten
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas erhalten/gewinnen, indem man im Kampf (Streit, Prozess) Einsatz zeigt
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 erstreiten
- erstreitet present singular third-person
- erstritt past
- erstritten participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- erstreitend participle present
- erstreite first-person indicative present
- erstreitest indicative present second-person
- erstritte first-person formal rare
- erstrittest indicative preterite second-person
- erstrittst indicative preterite second-person
- erstrittet indicative plural preterite
- erstreit imperative second-person singular
- erstreit! imperative singular
- erstreite! imperative singular
- erstreitet! imperative plural
- erstritten haben active infinitive perfect
- erstritten werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is erstreiten in German?
erstreiten appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).