Erbschleicher
German, noun/ˈɛʁpˌʃlaɪ̯çɐ/
Erbschleicher is spelled E-R-B-S-C-H-L-E-I-C-H-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erbschleicher is a German masculine noun meaning “legacy hunter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die auf unlautere Weise an ein Erbe herankommen will; die Erbschleicherei betreibt”.
What does Erbschleicher mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculinelegacy hunter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die auf unlautere Weise an ein Erbe herankommen will; die Erbschleicherei betreibt
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 Erbschleicher
- Erbschleichers genitive
- Erbschleicherin feminine
- Erbschleichern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erbschleicher?
- /ˈɛʁpˌʃlaɪ̯çɐ/
- [ˈɛʁpˌʃlaɪ̯çɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erbschleicher in German?
Erbschleicher appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).