Elstern

[ˈɛlstɐn]

/[ˈɛlstɐn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Elstern” is uncommon German (frequency #94,190 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,190
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Elster

Corpus desk

Index DE-elstern · Elstern · German

Elstern · rank #94,190 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,190
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Elternpaar

Nearest frequency peer: Elternpaar (+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 „Elstern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Elstern
PropertyValue
HeadwordElstern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛlstɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,190
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Elstern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Elternpaar“ (#94,191), „ekstatisch“ (#94,187), „eklatanter“ (#94,186). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Elstern“ bei #94,190. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Elstern is uncommon German at frequency #94,190 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛlstɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Elstern doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Elstern, spelled E-L-S-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Elster
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Elster
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Elster
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Elster

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 "Elstern"?
"Elstern" is spelled E-L-S-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛlstɐn].
What does "Elstern" mean?
As a noun, "Elstern" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Elster
How do you pronounce "Elstern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Elstern" is [ˈɛlstɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Elstern" come from?
"Elstern" 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 "Elstern", 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