Erbonkel
German, noun[ˈɛʁpˌʔɔŋkl̩]
Erbonkel is spelled E-R-B-O-N-K-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written German, the 522,009th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbonkel is a German masculine noun meaning “rich uncle (an uncle from whom an inheritance is expected)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bruder eines Elternteils, von dem man im Falle seines Ablebens eine Erbschaft erwartet”.
What does Erbonkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinerich uncle (an uncle from whom an inheritance is expected)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruder eines Elternteils, von dem man im Falle seines Ablebens eine Erbschaft erwartet
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Erbonkel
- Erbonkels genitive
- Erbonkeln dative definite plural
- Erbtante feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erbonkel?
- [ˈɛʁpˌʔɔŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erbonkel in German?
Erbonkel appears about once in every 71 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).