erzeugen
German, verb
erzeugen is spelled E-R-Z-E-U-G-E-N (8 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erzeugen is a German verb meaning “to produce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erzeugen is a different word: “gerund of erzeugen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas herstellen”.
What does erzeugen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to produce
Die Endstücke werden aus Metall oder Plastik erzeugt können.
- 2
to generate
Stimmung erzeugen.
- 3
to cause
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erzeugen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas herstellen 2. verursachen
noun: 1. das Bewirken der Entstehung von etwas 2. das Produzieren
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 erzeugen
- erzeugt present singular third-person
- erzeugte past
- haben auxiliary
- erzeugend participle present
- erzeuge first-person indicative present
- erzeugst indicative present second-person
- erzeugest second-person singular subjunctive
- erzeuget plural second-person subjunctive
- erzeugten first-person indicative plural
- erzeugtest indicative preterite second-person
- erzeugtet indicative plural preterite
- erzeug imperative second-person singular
- habe erzeugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben erzeugt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- erzeug! imperative singular
- erzeuge! imperative singular
- erzeugt! imperative plural
- erzeugt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erzeugen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erzeugen in German?
erzeugen appears 17 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).