erwirken
German, verb/ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩/
erwirken is spelled E-R-W-I-R-K-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwirken is a German verb meaning “to obtain, to secure, to effect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach den Regeln entsprechenden Bemühungen, zum Beispiel einem formgerechten Antrag auf ein Begehren, einen…”.
What does erwirken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to obtain, to secure, to effect
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach den Regeln entsprechenden Bemühungen, zum Beispiel einem formgerechten Antrag auf ein Begehren, einen positiven Bescheid 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 erwirken
- erwirkt present singular third-person
- erwirkte past
- haben auxiliary
- erwirkend participle present
- erwirke first-person indicative present
- erwirkst indicative present second-person
- erwirkest second-person singular subjunctive
- erwirket plural second-person subjunctive
- erwirkten first-person indicative plural
- erwirktest indicative preterite second-person
- erwirktet indicative plural preterite
- erwirk imperative second-person singular
- habe erwirkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erwirkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erwirk! imperative singular
- erwirke! imperative singular
- erwirkt! imperative plural
- erwirkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erwirken?
- /ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩/
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkn̩]
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvɪʁkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is erwirken in German?
erwirken appears 1.7 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).