erwünschen
German, verb[ɛɐ̯ˈvʏnʃn̩]
erwünschen is spelled E-R-W-Ü-N-S-C-H-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erwünschen is a German verb meaning “to wish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas gerne (haben) wollen, es sich wünschen”.
What does erwünschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wish
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas gerne (haben) wollen, es sich wünschen
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 erwünschen
- erwünscht present singular third-person
- erwünschte past
- haben auxiliary
- erwünschend participle present
- erwünsche first-person indicative present
- erwünschst indicative present second-person
- erwünschest second-person singular subjunctive
- erwünschet plural second-person subjunctive
- erwünschten first-person indicative plural
- erwünschtest indicative preterite second-person
- erwünschtet indicative plural preterite
- erwünsch imperative second-person singular
- habe erwünscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erwünsch! imperative singular
- erwünsche! imperative singular
- erwünscht! imperative plural
- erwünscht haben active infinitive perfect
- erwünscht werden processual-passive infinitive present
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce erwünschen?
- [ɛɐ̯ˈvʏnʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to erwünschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erwünschen in German?
erwünschen appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).