erziehen
German, verb
erziehen is spelled E-R-Z-I-E-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erziehen is a German verb meaning “to nurture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erziehen is a different word: “gerund of erziehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem Bildung und Wissen beibringen, jemandes Charakter formen (auf ein Ziel hin)”.
What does erziehen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to nurture
- 2
to educate
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erziehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem Bildung und Wissen beibringen, jemandes Charakter formen (auf ein Ziel hin) 2. ein (Haus-)Tier abrichten 3. einen gewünschten Wuchs aufzwingen
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 erziehen
- erzieht present singular third-person
- erzog past
- erzogen participle past
- erzöge past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- erziehend participle present
- erziehe first-person indicative present
- erziehst indicative present second-person
- erziehest second-person singular subjunctive
- erziehet plural second-person subjunctive
- erzögen first-person formal plural
- erzogst indicative preterite second-person
- erzogt indicative plural preterite
- erzögest formal rare second-person
- erzögst formal rare second-person
- erzöget formal plural rare
- erzögt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erziehen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erziehen in German?
erziehen appears 4.7 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).