elender

[ˈeːlɛndɐ]

/[ˈeːlɛndɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“elender” is uncommon German (frequency #52,056 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,056
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend

Corpus desk

Index DE-elender · elender · German

elender · rank #52,056 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,056
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elektroindust…

Nearest frequency peer: Elektroindustrie (-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 „elender“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for elender
PropertyValue
Headwordelender
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːlɛndɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,056
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „elender“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).elenderfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Elektroindustrie“ (#52,055), „Einzugsbereich“ (#52,054), „endenden“ (#52,058). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „elender“ bei #52,056. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

elender is uncommon German at frequency #52,056 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːlɛndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for elender in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is elender, spelled E-L-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend

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 "elender"?
"elender" is spelled E-L-E-N-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːlɛndɐ].
What does "elender" mean?
As an adjective, "elender" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs elend
How do you pronounce "elender"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "elender" is [ˈeːlɛndɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Erkrath#52,064dumpfen#52,032Duellen#52,030Druiden#52,028

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list