edelste

[ˈeːdl̩stə]

/[ˈeːdl̩stə]/ adj

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The verdict

“edelste” is uncommon German (frequency #80,272 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,272
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-edelste · edelste · German

edelste · rank #80,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,272
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eckzähne

Nearest frequency peer: Eckzähne (-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 „edelste“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for edelste
PropertyValue
Headwordedelste
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːdl̩stə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#80,272
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „edelste“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).edelstefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Eckzähne“ (#80,271), „effizientesten“ (#80,274), „ehret“ (#80,275). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „edelste“ bei #80,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

edelste is uncommon German at frequency #80,272 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːdl̩stə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for edelste in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 edelste, spelled E-D-E-L-S-T-E.

Definition

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

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 "edelste"?
"edelste" is spelled E-D-E-L-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːdl̩stə].
What does "edelste" mean?
As an adjective, "edelste" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Superlativs des Adjektivs edel
How do you pronounce "edelste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "edelste" is [ˈeːdl̩stə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "edelste" come from?
"edelste" 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 "edelste", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list