Erbschaft
German, noun[ˈɛʁpʃaft]
Erbschaft is spelled E-R-B-S-C-H-A-F-T (9 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbschaft is a German feminine noun meaning “estate (of inheritance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann”.
What does Erbschaft mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineestate (of inheritance)
- 2
feminineheritage
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gesamter Besitz einer verstorbenen Person, der im Erbfall an die Erben übergehen kann
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 Erbschaft
- Erbschaften plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erbschaft?
- [ˈɛʁpʃaft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Erbschaft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Erbschaft in German?
Erbschaft appears 2.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).