erbarmt

[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt]/ verb

The verdict

“erbarmt” is uncommon German (frequency #71,287 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,287
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erbarmt · erbarmt · German

erbarmt · rank #71,287 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,287
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH entzweit

Nearest frequency peer: entzweit (-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 „erbarmt“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erbarmt
PropertyValue
Headworderbarmt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt]
Letters7
Frequency rank#71,287
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erbarmt“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erbarmtfällt 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: „entzweit“ (#71,286), „erfolgloser“ (#71,288), „enttarnen“ (#71,285). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erbarmt“ bei #71,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erbarmt is uncommon German at frequency #71,287 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erbarmt, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 erbarmt, spelled E-R-B-A-R-M-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Indikativ 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erbarmt"?
"erbarmt" is spelled E-R-B-A-R-M-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt].
What does "erbarmt" mean?
As a verb, "erbarmt" means: 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erbarmen
How do you pronounce "erbarmt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erbarmt" is [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʁmt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erbarmt" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list