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Erwachsener

German, noun

Erwachsener is spelled E-R-W-A-C-H-S-E-N-E-R (11 letters) and appears 5.8 times per million words in written German, the 11,022nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwachsener is a German masculine noun meaning “adult, grown-up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a strong genitive/dative singular of Erwachsene. In lower case, erwachsener is a different word: “comparative degree of erwachsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein erwachsener Mensch (Mann); ein Mensch (Mann), der ein bestimmtes Alter beziehungsweise mentales oder…”.

What does Erwachsener mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineadult, grown-up

noun

  1. 1

    femininestrong genitive/dative singular

  2. 2

    femininestrong genitive plural

adjective

as erwachsener
  1. 1

    comparative degree of erwachsen

adjective

as erwachsener
  1. 1

    masculinestrong/mixed nominative masculine singular

  2. 2

    femininestrong genitive/dative feminine singular

  3. 3

    strong genitive plural

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. ein erwachsener Mensch (Mann); ein Mensch (Mann), der ein bestimmtes Alter beziehungsweise mentales oder körperliches Entwicklungsstadium vom Jugendlichen her überschritten hat, also der Jugend entwachsen ist

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 Erwachsener

  • der Erwachsene definite nominative
  • Erwachsenen genitive
  • Erwachsene plural
  • die Erwachsenen definite plural
  • Erwachsenes neuter
  • Erwachsenem dative singular strong
  • Erw. abbreviation
  • des Erwachsenen genitive singular
  • der Erwachsenen genitive plural
  • dem Erwachsenen dative singular
  • den Erwachsenen dative plural
  • ein Erwachsener nominative singular
  • keine Erwachsenen nominative plural
  • eines Erwachsenen genitive singular
  • keiner Erwachsenen genitive plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Erwachsener

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Erwachsener in German?

Erwachsener appears 5.8 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).

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