erheitern

[ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn]/ verb

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The verdict

“erheitern” is uncommon German (frequency #98,382 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,382
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein positives Gefühl der inneren Freude, frohen Stimmung auslösen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erheitern · erheitern · German

erheitern · rank #98,382 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,382
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erfinderin

Nearest frequency peer: Erfinderin (-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 „erheitern“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erheitern
PropertyValue
Headworderheitern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#98,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erheitern“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erfinderin“ (#98,381), „Erfahrungspunkte“ (#98,380), „erneuerbar“ (#98,384). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erheitern“ bei #98,382. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erheitern is uncommon German at frequency #98,382 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erheitern, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erheitern, spelled E-R-H-E-I-T-E-R-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein positives Gefühl der inneren Freude, frohen Stimmung auslösen
  2. 2
    ein positives Gefühl der Belustigung auslösen, gute Laune machen, zum Lachen bringen
  3. 3
    mit mehr Sonne freundlicher werden
  4. 4
    munter machen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Die Winde rauschen durch die Segel hin · Nach Westen schau ich bang und zweifelnd zu · Kein Hoffnungstrahl erheitert meinen Sinn“
  2. „Diese Leute erheitern eine ganze Gesellschaft mit ihren Schulgeschichten.“

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 "erheitern"?
"erheitern" is spelled E-R-H-E-I-T-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn].
What does "erheitern" mean?
As a verb, "erheitern" means: ein positives Gefühl der inneren Freude, frohen Stimmung auslösen
How do you pronounce "erheitern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erheitern" is [ɛɐ̯ˈhaɪ̯tɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erheitern" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

entspinnt#98,373Fackelzug#98,408einreicht#98,353einbindet#98,346

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list