ärgste

[ˈɛʁkstə]

/[ˈɛʁkstə]/ adj

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The verdict

“ärgste” is uncommon German (frequency #87,328 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,328
frequency rank, German
75
“Ä” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg

Corpus desk

Index DE-argste · ärgste · German

ärgste · rank #87,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,328
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 75
  • PHOTO-FINISH zwitschert

Nearest frequency peer: zwitschert (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ärgste“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ärgste“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ärgste
PropertyValue
Headwordärgste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛʁkstə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,328
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ärgste“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ärgstefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „zwitschert“ (#87,327), „ätsch“ (#87,329), „zwischenstaatlichen“ (#87,326). Unter 75 „Ä“-Lemmata liegt „ärgste“ bei #87,328. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ärgste is uncommon German at frequency #87,328 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛʁkstə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ärgste, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ärgste, spelled Ä-R-G-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ärgste"?
"ärgste" is spelled Ä-R-G-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛʁkstə].
What does "ärgste" mean?
As an adjective, "ärgste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs arg
How do you pronounce "ärgste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ärgste" is [ˈɛʁkstə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ärgste" come from?
"ärgste" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ärgste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list