erbaulich
[ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç]
The verdict
“erbaulich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von erfreulichem Einfluss auf die Gemütslage
Corpus desk
Index DE-erbaulich · erbaulich · German
erbaulich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erbaulich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erbaulich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erbaulich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈbaʊ̯lɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "von erfreulichem Einfluss auf die Gemütslage".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erbaulich, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 erbaulich, spelled E-R-B-A-U-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1von erfreulichem Einfluss auf die Gemütslage
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erbaulich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es sollte uns daher nicht so sehr interessieren, ob die Romantiker unsere klassischen Lehrer erbaulich und erquicklich gefunden, sondern ob sie sie widerlegt haben.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.