ersuchen
German, verb
ersuchen is spelled E-R-S-U-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ersuchen is a German verb meaning “to ask or beseech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Ersuchen is a different word: “request”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “höflich um etwas bitten”.
What does ersuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ask or beseech
Es wird ersucht, dieses Schreiben zurückzugeben.
- 2
to request (something from someone)
noun
- 1
neuterrequest
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. höflich um etwas bitten
noun: 1. höfliche oder förmliche Anfrage/Bitte, etwas zu tun
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 ersuchen
- ersucht present singular third-person
- ersuchte past
- haben auxiliary
- ersuchend participle present
- ersuche first-person indicative present
- ersuchst indicative present second-person
- ersuchest second-person singular subjunctive
- ersuchet plural second-person subjunctive
- ersuchten first-person indicative plural
- ersuchtest indicative preterite second-person
- ersuchtet indicative plural preterite
- ersuch imperative second-person singular
- habe ersucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ersucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ersuch! imperative singular
- ersuche! imperative singular
- ersucht! imperative plural
- ersucht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ersuchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ersuchen in German?
ersuchen appears 1.6 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).