Erbsensuppe

[ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə]

/[ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə]/ noun

The verdict

“Erbsensuppe” is uncommon German (frequency #69,179 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,179
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suppe mit Erbsen als wesentlichem Bestandteil

Corpus desk

Index DE-erbsensuppe · Erbsensuppe · German

Erbsensuppe · rank #69,179 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,179
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Enzian

Nearest frequency peer: Enzian (-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 „Erbsensuppe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erbsensuppe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erbsensuppe
PropertyValue
HeadwordErbsensuppe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,179
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erbsensuppe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Erbsensuppefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Enzian“ (#69,178), „erfinde“ (#69,181), „Entwicklers“ (#69,176). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erbsensuppe“ bei #69,179. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erbsensuppe is uncommon German at frequency #69,179 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suppe mit Erbsen als wesentlichem Bestandteil".

No misspelling variants are generated for Erbsensuppe in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erbsensuppe, spelled E-R-B-S-E-N-S-U-P-P-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Suppe mit Erbsen als wesentlichem Bestandteil

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Erbsensuppe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Als Abendessen haben wir eine Erbsensuppe zu uns genommen, die so dick war, daß der Schöpflöffel aufrecht darin stehenblieb – dazu haben wir das Fleisch gegessen, das hineingekocht worden ist – Schweinepfoten, Schweineohren und für jeden ein sehr fettes Stück Schweinebauch.“
  2. „Es gab Erbsensuppe und ein großes Strohlager für die Überlebenden.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Erbsensuppe"?
"Erbsensuppe" is spelled E-R-B-S-E-N-S-U-P-P-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə].
What does "Erbsensuppe" mean?
As a noun, "Erbsensuppe" means: Suppe mit Erbsen als wesentlichem Bestandteil
How do you pronounce "Erbsensuppe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erbsensuppe" is [ˈɛʁpsn̩ˌzʊpə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erbsensuppe" come from?
"Erbsensuppe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Erbsensuppe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list