Erdteil
[ˈeːɐ̯tˌtaɪ̯l]
The verdict
“Erdteil” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kontinent; fester, abgetrennter; meist größerer Teil der Erdoberfläche
Corpus desk
Index DE-erdteil · Erdteil · German
Erdteil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | Erdteil |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯tˌtaɪ̯l] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erdteil“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erdteil is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯tˌtaɪ̯l]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kontinent; fester, abgetrennter; meist größerer Teil der Erdoberfläche".
Erdteil has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Erdteil, spelled E-R-D-T-E-I-L.
Definition
- 1Kontinent; fester, abgetrennter; meist größerer Teil der Erdoberfläche
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erdteil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Europa ist ein Erdteil.
„Kein anderer Erdteil wurde aus europäischer Perspektive so eng mit einem einzigen Topos verbunden.“
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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.