erwachen
German, verb
erwachen is spelled E-R-W-A-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 5.1 times per million words in written German, the 12,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwachen is a German verb meaning “to awake (also figuratively)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erwachen is a different word: “gerund of erwachen; awakening”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “aufhören zu schlafen; wach werden”.
What does erwachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to awake (also figuratively)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erwachen; awakening
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. aufhören zu schlafen; wach werden 2. sich in jemandem zu entwickeln beginnen (ein Interesse, eine Leidenschaft für etwas) 3. ins Dasein treten, anfangen sich zu entwickeln 4. in anderen, meist fortgeschrittenen Zustand kommen, zu Bewusstsein/Erkenntnis kommen
noun: 1. das Aufwachen aus dem Schlaf 2. Erkennen eines früheren Fehlers oder einer bislang unbekannten Tatsache
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 erwachen
- erwacht present singular third-person
- erwachte past
- sein auxiliary
- erwachend participle present
- erwache first-person indicative present
- erwachst indicative present second-person
- erwachest second-person singular subjunctive
- erwachet plural second-person subjunctive
- erwachten first-person indicative plural
- erwachtest indicative preterite second-person
- erwachtet indicative plural preterite
- erwach imperative second-person singular
- bin erwacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- sind erwacht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erwache! imperative singular
- erwachet! imperative plural
- erwacht sein active infinitive perfect
- zu erwachen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erwachen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erwachen in German?
erwachen appears 5.1 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).