erlauben
\ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯bn̩\
The verdict
“erlauben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (transitif) Permettre, autoriser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erlauben · erlauben · French
erlauben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erlauben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯bn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
erlauben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈlaʊ̯bn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for erlauben in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is erlauben, spelled E-R-L-A-U-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1(transitif) Permettre, autoriser.
- 2Permettre, donner la possibilité.
- 3(réfléchi) Se permettre, s’autoriser, prendre la liberté.
- 4(réfléchi) S'offrir, se payer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erlauben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Erlauben Sie bitte?
Erlauben Sie mir eine Bemerkung (dazu)?
Synonyms
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.