wiedererlangen
German, verb
wiedererlangen is spelled W-I-E-D-E-R-E-R-L-A-N-G-E-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wiedererlangen is a German verb meaning “to recover, to regain, to resume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wiedererlangen is a different word: “gerund of wiedererlangen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das man besaß, wieder in seinen Besitz bringen”.
What does wiedererlangen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to recover, to regain, to resume
noun
- 1
neutergerund of wiedererlangen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, das man besaß, wieder in seinen Besitz bringen
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 wiedererlangen
- erlangt wieder present singular third-person
- erlangte wieder past
- wiedererlangt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- wiedererlangend participle present
- wiederzuerlangen infinitive infinitive-zu
- erlange wieder first-person indicative present
- erlangen wieder first-person indicative plural
- erlangst wieder indicative present second-person
- erlangest wieder second-person singular subjunctive
- erlanget wieder plural second-person subjunctive
- erlangten wieder first-person indicative plural
- erlangtest wieder indicative preterite second-person
- erlangtet wieder indicative plural preterite
- erlang wieder! imperative singular
- erlange wieder! imperative singular
- erlangt wieder! imperative plural
- wiedererlangt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wiedererlangen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wiedererlangen in German?
wiedererlangen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).