erbärmliches
[ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]
The verdict
“erbärmliches” is uncommon German (frequency #66,175 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,175
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erbärmliches |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #66,175 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “erbärmliches” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erbärmliches is uncommon German at frequency #66,175 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erbärmliches, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erbärmliches, spelled E-R-B-Ä-R-M-L-I-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
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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Using “erbärmliches”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-B-Ä-R-M-L-I-C-H-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.