ergötzen
[ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡sn̩]
The verdict
“ergötzen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,587 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,587
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemandem Freude, Spaß bereiten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ergotzen · ergötzen · German
ergötzen · rank #75,587 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,587
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Erdung
Nearest frequency peer: Erdung (-2 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 „ergötzen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erblassers
Erblassers
24,417 corpus weight
- Erdung
Erdung
24,416 corpus weight
- ergötzen
ergötzen
24,414 corpus weight
- erklangen
erklangen
24,412 corpus weight
- erlegte
erlegte
24,411 corpus weight
- ernährte
ernährte
24,409 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ergötzen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ergötzen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡sn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,587 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ergötzen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ergötzen is uncommon German at frequency #75,587 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈɡœt͡sn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ergötzen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 ergötzen, spelled E-R-G-Ö-T-Z-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem Freude, Spaß bereiten
- 2sich an etwas erfreuen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ergötzen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Wissenschaften nähren die Jugend, ergötzen das Alter.“
„Der alte Herr ergötzte mich sehr durch seine Lächerlichkeit; er hatte sich rot geschminkt, seine Kleider waren mit Blumen bestickt und mit Flittern geschmückt, wie zu den Zeiten der Frau von Sévigné. “
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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