Erdapfel
[ˈeːɐ̯tˌʔap͡fl̩]
The verdict
“Erdapfel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kartoffel
Corpus desk
Index DE-erdapfel · Erdapfel · German
Erdapfel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erdapfel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯tˌʔap͡fl̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erdapfel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erdapfel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯tˌʔap͡fl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kartoffel".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Erdapfel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erdapfel, spelled E-R-D-A-P-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1Kartoffel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erdapfel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So saß er denn eine Weile und ließ sich den durchzogenen Schweinespeck mit entschälten und geschwellten Erdäpfeln und einem nachfolgenden Becken voll überquellenden Schlagrahms, mit dem Sigristen und den zwei Knaben wohlschmecken.“
Für die Zubereitung von Erdäpfelgulasch benötigt man Erdäpfel.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.