ergießen
[ɛɐ̯ˈɡiːsn̩]
The verdict
“ergießen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - von Flüssigkeiten in großer Menge herabströmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ergie-en · ergießen · German
ergießen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | ergießen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈɡiːsn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ergießen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ergießen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈɡiːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ergießen in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ergießen, spelled E-R-G-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1von Flüssigkeiten in großer Menge herabströmen
- 2sich ausbreiten
- 3sich ergehen in
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ergießen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der kleine Bergbach ergießt sich in den Weiher.
„Die silberne Kaffeekanne ist umgefallen und hat ihren Inhalt über das Tischtuch ergossen und einen Frühstücksteller zerschlagen.“
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.