erbarme
[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmə]
The verdict
“erbarme” is uncommon German (frequency #68,189 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,189
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbarme · erbarme · German
erbarme · rank #68,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,189
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Enzyklika
Nearest frequency peer: Enzyklika (-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 „erbarme“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entstandener
entstandener
31,815 corpus weight
- entwarfen
entwarfen
31,814 corpus weight
- Enzyklika
Enzyklika
31,813 corpus weight
- erbarme
erbarme
31,812 corpus weight
- Erdmännchen
Erdmännchen
31,811 corpus weight
- erhellend
erhellend
31,810 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erbarme“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erbarme |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,189 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erbarme“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erbarme is uncommon German at frequency #68,189 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for erbarme in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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 its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erbarme, spelled E-R-B-A-R-M-E.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
- 21. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
- 33. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
- 42. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
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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