erigieren
[eʁiˈɡiːʁən]
The verdict
“erigieren” 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) - sich aufrichten, anschwellen, versteifen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erigieren · erigieren · German
erigieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | erigieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eʁiˈɡiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erigieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erigieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eʁiˈɡiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sich aufrichten, anschwellen, versteifen".
Zero misspellings are on record for erigieren in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erigieren, spelled E-R-I-G-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1sich aufrichten, anschwellen, versteifen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erigieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Penis erigierte beim Anblick der nackten Schönheit.
Der Penis wird in der Nacht im Schlaf mehrmals erigiert, ohne dass es der Schlafende merkt.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.