Ärger

/[ˈɛʁɡɐ]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,498

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Ärger is aGermannoun. It means: spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte Pronounced [ˈɛʁɡɐ]. It ranks #3,498 in German word frequency. Often confused with Auge and arme.

Key facts for Ärger
PropertyValue
HeadwordÄrger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛʁɡɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,498
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ärger in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ärger is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɛʁɡɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,498 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Ärger, with forms such as "räger", "ägrer", and "äregr". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Auge", "arme", "arte", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ärger, spelled Ä-R-G-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte
  2. 2
    ein ärgerliches Erlebnis

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: räger,ägrer,äregr,ärgerr,ärgger,ärgre,ärrger

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Ärger

Misspelling Variants of "Ärger"

räger5ägrer5äregr5ärgerr6ärgger6ärgre5ärrger6
Misspelling Variants of "Ärger"

Frequency rank: #3,498 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ärger"?
"Ärger" is spelled Ä-R-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛʁɡɐ].
What does "Ärger" mean?
As a noun, "Ärger" means: spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte
What words are commonly confused with "Ärger"?
"Ärger" is commonly confused with "Auge", "arme", "arte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Ärger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ärger" is [ˈɛʁɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ärger" come from?
"Ärger" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter Ä in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.