den Tod erleiden
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The verdict
“den Tod erleiden” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bei einem Unglück oder Kampf sterben
Corpus desk
Index DE-den-tod-erleiden · den Tod erleiden · German
den Tod erleiden · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" 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 | den Tod erleiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „den Tod erleiden“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
den Tod erleiden is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bei einem Unglück oder Kampf sterben".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for den Tod erleiden, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is den Tod erleiden, spelled D-E-N- -T-O-D- -E-R-L-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1bei einem Unglück oder Kampf sterben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how den Tod erleiden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Frau erleidet noch am Unfallort den Tod.
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.