erhärten

[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“erhärten” is uncommon German (frequency #70,208 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,208
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Konsistenz des Materials fester (härter) werden

Corpus desk

Index DE-erharten · erhärten · German

erhärten · rank #70,208 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,208
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ergonomie

Nearest frequency peer: Ergonomie (-1 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 „erhärten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erhärten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erhärten
PropertyValue
Headworderhärten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,208
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erhärten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erhärtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ergonomie“ (#70,207), „erkundeten“ (#70,209), „Erbsünde“ (#70,206). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erhärten“ bei #70,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erhärten is uncommon German at frequency #70,208 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for erhärten in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 erhärten, spelled E-R-H-Ä-R-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in der Konsistenz des Materials fester (härter) werden
  2. 2
    in der Konsistenz des Materials fester (härter) machen
  3. 3
    in der Folgerichtigkeit besser belegen; noch besser, zutreffender, als zuvor nachweisen
  4. 4
    mehr werden, sich verstärken, fundierter werden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how erhärten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Nach einer halben Stunde ist der Kleber vollständig erhärtet, und die Bruchstelle kann belastet werden.
  2. Die Gewebeprobe wird durch Eingießen in Harz erhärtet.

Antonyms

aufweichenerweichenentkräftenauflösenals haltlos erweisenverflüchtigen

This word in other languages

harden(English)

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 "erhärten"?
"erhärten" is spelled E-R-H-Ä-R-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩].
What does "erhärten" mean?
As a verb, "erhärten" means: in der Konsistenz des Materials fester (härter) werden
How do you pronounce "erhärten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erhärten" is [ɛɐ̯ˈhɛʁtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erhärten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erhärten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erbsünde#70,206emulsion#70,201Eileiter#70,184Dualität#70,168

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list