erbärmliches

[ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]

/[ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]/ adj

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The verdict

“erbärmliches” is uncommon German (frequency #66,175 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,175
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich

Corpus desk

Index DE-erbarmliches · erbärmliches · German

erbärmliches · rank #66,175 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,175
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erdbebens

Nearest frequency peer: Erdbebens (+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 „erbärmliches“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erbärmliches
PropertyValue
Headworderbärmliches
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,175
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erbärmliches“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erdbebens“ (#66,176), „entwischt“ (#66,173), „erfüllst“ (#66,177). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erbärmliches“ bei #66,175. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erbärmliches is uncommon German at frequency #66,175 among 4,632 “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

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erbärmliches"?
"erbärmliches" is spelled E-R-B-Ä-R-M-L-I-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs].
What does "erbärmliches" mean?
As an adjective, "erbärmliches" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erbärmlich
How do you pronounce "erbärmliches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erbärmliches" is [ˌɛɐ̯ˈbɛʁmlɪçəs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erbärmliches" come from?
"erbärmliches" 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 "erbärmliches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list