erhängte

[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erhängte” is uncommon German (frequency #99,741 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,741
frequency rank, German
57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt

Key facts for erhängte
PropertyValue
Headworderhängte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#99,741
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “erhängte” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). erhängte lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erhängte is uncommon German at frequency #99,741 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for erhängte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erhängte, spelled E-R-H-Ä-N-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erhängte"?
"erhängte" is spelled E-R-H-Ä-N-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə].
What does "erhängte" mean?
As an adjective, "erhängte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erhängt
How do you pronounce "erhängte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erhängte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erhängte" come from?
"erhängte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “erhängte”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-R-H-Ä-N-G-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛŋtə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list