erdreisten
[ɛɐ̯ˈdʁaɪ̯stn̩]
The verdict
“erdreisten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sich etwas herausnehmen, etwas Unerwünschtes tun
Corpus desk
Index DE-erdreisten · erdreisten · German
erdreisten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | erdreisten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈdʁaɪ̯stn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erdreisten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erdreisten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈdʁaɪ̯stn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich etwas herausnehmen, etwas Unerwünschtes tun".
erdreisten has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erdreisten, spelled E-R-D-R-E-I-S-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich etwas herausnehmen, etwas Unerwünschtes tun
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erdreisten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Du erdreistest dich, mir zu widersprechen?
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.