ertragen
German, verb
ertragen is spelled E-R-T-R-A-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ertragen is a German verb meaning “to bear, to stand, to endure, to take, to suffer, to tolerate, to handle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Erträgen is a different word: “dative plural of Ertrag”. With a capital, Ertragen is a different word: “gerund of ertragen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine unangenehme oder schwierige Situation hinnehmen und deswegen nicht die Beherrschung verlieren oder…”.
What does ertragen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bear, to stand, to endure, to take, to suffer, to tolerate, to handle
Ich kann die neue Freundin von meinem Bruder nicht ertragen.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Ertrag
noun
- 1
neutergerund of ertragen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine unangenehme oder schwierige Situation hinnehmen und deswegen nicht die Beherrschung verlieren oder zusammenbrechen
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 ertragen
- erträgt present singular third-person
- ertrug past
- ertrüge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- ertragend participle present
- ertrage first-person indicative present
- erträgst indicative present second-person
- ertragt indicative plural present
- ertragest second-person singular subjunctive
- ertraget plural second-person subjunctive
- ertrugen first-person indicative plural
- ertrügen first-person formal plural
- ertrugst indicative preterite second-person
- ertrugt indicative plural preterite
- ertrügest formal rare second-person
- ertrügst formal rare second-person
- ertrüget formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ertragen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ertragen in German?
ertragen appears 15 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).