Erblasser
[ˈɛʁpˌlasɐ]
The verdict
“Erblasser” is uncommon German (frequency #58,728 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,728
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - natürliche Person, die nach ihrem Tod ein Vermögen hinterlässt, das den gesetzlichen und testamentarisch bestimmten Erben zusteht
| 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) |
Where “Erblasser” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Erblasser is uncommon German at frequency #58,728 among 57,060 “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
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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 “Erblasser”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-B-L-A-S-S-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɛʁpˌlasɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.