Erblasser
[ˈɛʁpˌlasɐ]
The verdict
“Erblasser” is uncommon German (frequency #58,728 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,728
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - natürliche Person, die nach ihrem Tod ein Vermögen hinterlässt, das den gesetzlichen und testamentarisch bestimmten Erben zusteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-erblasser · Erblasser · German
Erblasser · rank #58,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,728
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Enzymen
Nearest frequency peer: Enzymen (-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 „Erblasser“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- entsprang
entsprang
41,276 corpus weight
- entwaffnet
entwaffnet
41,275 corpus weight
- Enzymen
Enzymen
41,274 corpus weight
- Erblasser
Erblasser
41,273 corpus weight
- erbte
erbte
41,272 corpus weight
- Erdkruste
Erdkruste
41,271 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erblasser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erblasser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁpˌlasɐ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erblasser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erblasser is uncommon German at frequency #58,728 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛʁpˌlasɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "natürliche Person, die nach ihrem Tod ein Vermögen hinterlässt, das den gesetzlichen und testamentarisch bestimmten Erben zusteht".
Erblasser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Erblasser, spelled E-R-B-L-A-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1natürliche Person, die nach ihrem Tod ein Vermögen hinterlässt, das den gesetzlichen und testamentarisch bestimmten Erben zusteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erblasser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Das Erbrecht tritt erst nach dem Tode des Erblassers ein. Stirbt ein vermeintlicher Erbe vor dem Erblasser; so hat er das noch nicht erlangte Erbrecht auch nicht auf seine Erben übertragen können.“
„Eine letztwillige Verfügung, durch die der Erblasser seinen Ehegatten bedacht hat, ist unwirksam, wenn die Ehe vor dem Tod des Erblassers aufgelöst worden ist.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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