erwartungsfroh
German, adjective[ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtʊŋsˌfʁoː]
erwartungsfroh is spelled E-R-W-A-R-T-U-N-G-S-F-R-O-H (14 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written German, the 274,993rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwartungsfroh is a German adjective meaning “expectant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in freudiger Erwartung befindend”.
What does erwartungsfroh mean in English?
adjective
- 1
expectant
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sich in freudiger Erwartung befindend
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 erwartungsfroh
- erwartungsfroher masculine nominative singular
- erwartungsfrohe feminine nominative singular
- erwartungsfrohes neuter nominative singular
- erwartungsfrohen genitive masculine singular
- erwartungsfrohem dative masculine singular
- der erwartungsfrohe definite includes-article masculine
- die erwartungsfrohe definite feminine includes-article
- das erwartungsfrohe definite includes-article neuter
- die erwartungsfrohen definite includes-article nominative
- des erwartungsfrohen definite genitive includes-article
- der erwartungsfrohen definite feminine genitive
- dem erwartungsfrohen dative definite includes-article
- den erwartungsfrohen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erwartungsfroh?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvaʁtʊŋsˌfʁoː]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erwartungsfroh in German?
erwartungsfroh appears about once in every 23 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).