erhungern
[ɛɐ̯ˈhʊŋɐn]
The verdict
“erhungern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - durch den Verzicht auf Essen (Hungern) erreichen oder gewinnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhungern · erhungern · German
erhungern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | erhungern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhʊŋɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erhungern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erhungern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhʊŋɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
erhungern has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is erhungern, spelled E-R-H-U-N-G-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1durch den Verzicht auf Essen (Hungern) erreichen oder gewinnen
- 2durch den Mangel an Essen (Hunger) leiden oder sogar sterben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erhungern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er stammte aus Lahr in der Ortenau und erhungerte sich sein Rechtsstudium in Freiburg; er war dort Schüler und Hausgenosse des Professors von Rotteck, dem er noch lang freundschaftlich verbunden blieb.“
„Jetzt plagte ihn nur noch die Sorge, ob er das erhungerte Mindergewicht auf die Dauer halten könne.“
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.