ätsch
[ɛːt͡ʃ]
The verdict
“ätsch” is uncommon German (frequency #87,329 among 75 “Ä” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,329
- frequency rank, German
- 75
- “Ä” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ich bin besser als du, ich kann mehr als du, ich habe mehr oder Besseres als du
Corpus desk
Index DE-atsch · ätsch · German
ätsch · rank #87,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,329
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 75
- PHOTO-FINISH ärgste
Nearest frequency peer: ärgste (-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 „ätsch“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- zwischensta…
zwischenstaatlichen
12,675 corpus weight
- zwitschert
zwitschert
12,674 corpus weight
- ärgste
ärgste
12,673 corpus weight
- ätsch
ätsch
12,672 corpus weight
- Ölbilder
Ölbilder
12,670 corpus weight
- Ölmalerei
Ölmalerei
12,669 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ätsch“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ätsch |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ɛːt͡ʃ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #87,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ätsch“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ätsch is uncommon German at frequency #87,329 among 75 “Ä” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed [ɛːt͡ʃ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ätsch in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is ätsch, spelled Ä-T-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1ich bin besser als du, ich kann mehr als du, ich habe mehr oder Besseres als du
- 2geschieht dir recht, ich gönne dir den Schaden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ätsch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ätsch, mein Vater hat ein größeres Auto als deiner.
Ätsch bätsch, das kommt davon, dass du versucht hast, mich zu ärgern.
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.
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