ertanzen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈtant͡sn̩]
ertanzen is spelled E-R-T-A-N-Z-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ertanzen is a German verb meaning “to achieve or accomplish by dancing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas erhalten/gewinnen, indem man sich rhythmisch zu Musik bewegt (tanzt)”.
What does ertanzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to achieve or accomplish by dancing
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 sich rhythmisch zu Musik bewegt (tanzt)
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 ertanzen
- ertanzt present singular third-person
- ertanzte past
- haben auxiliary
- ertanzend participle present
- ertanze first-person indicative present
- ertanzest second-person singular subjunctive
- ertanzet plural second-person subjunctive
- ertanzten first-person indicative plural
- ertanztest indicative preterite second-person
- ertanztet indicative plural preterite
- ertanz imperative second-person singular
- habe ertanzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ertanzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ertanz! imperative singular
- ertanze! imperative singular
- ertanzt! imperative plural
- ertanzt haben active infinitive perfect
- ertanzt werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ertanzen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈtant͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ertanzen in German?
ertanzen appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).