arrive
[əraɪv]
The verdict
“arrive” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ankommen, eintreffen
Corpus desk
Index DE-arrive · arrive · German
arrive · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | arrive |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əraɪv] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „arrive“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
arrive is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əraɪv]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
arrive has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is arrive, spelled A-R-R-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1ankommen, eintreffen
- 2erscheinen, auftreten
- 3erreichen, erlangen
- 4kommen, eintreten (Zeit, Ereignis)
- 5Erfolg haben
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.