ertüchtigen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈtʏçtɪɡn̩]
ertüchtigen is spelled E-R-T-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ertüchtigen is a German verb meaning “to get fit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch körperliche Bewegung fit machen oder die Fitness erhalten”.
What does ertüchtigen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to get fit
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. durch körperliche Bewegung fit machen oder die Fitness erhalten 2. durch Modernisierung die Funktionstüchtigkeit erhalten
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 ertüchtigen
- ertüchtigt present singular third-person
- ertüchtigte past
- haben auxiliary
- ertüchtigend participle present
- ertüchtige first-person indicative present
- ertüchtigst indicative present second-person
- ertüchtigest second-person singular subjunctive
- ertüchtiget plural second-person subjunctive
- ertüchtigten first-person indicative plural
- ertüchtigtest indicative preterite second-person
- ertüchtigtet indicative plural preterite
- ertüchtig imperative second-person singular
- habe ertüchtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben ertüchtigt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- ertüchtig! imperative singular
- ertüchtige! imperative singular
- ertüchtigt! imperative plural
- ertüchtigt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ertüchtigen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈtʏçtɪɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ertüchtigen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ertüchtigen in German?
ertüchtigen appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).