German verb · CEFR B2
erlitt
Meaning in English: suffered
This is a form of erleiden, which is not in the top 5,000 on its own — its other forms in the list are erlitten.
Example
Sie erlitt beim Sturz einen Beinbruch.
She broke her leg in the fall.
How common is erlitt?
erlitt is number 4,268 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 19 times per million words — about once every 52,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 77% of the words in an ordinary German text. B2 means an upper-intermediate word, common in news and work.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,264die Waregoods, merchandise
- 4,265die Wandwall
- 4,266aufzubauento build up, to set up (zu-inf.)
- 4,267unglaublichunbelievable, incredible
- 4,268erlittsuffered
- 4,269nullzero
- 4,270der Saalhall, room
- 4,271das Schicksalfate, destiny
- 4,272erwähntmentioned
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,268
- The most common German verbs#1,075
- German B2 vocabulary#1,007
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.