Erker

[ˈɛʁkɐ]

/[ˈɛʁkɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Erker” is uncommon German (frequency #54,497 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,497
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschlossener, mit Fenstern versehener Vorbau an Gebäuden

Corpus desk

Index DE-erker · Erker · German

Erker · rank #54,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,497
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erbittet

Nearest frequency peer: erbittet (-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 „Erker“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Erker
PropertyValue
HeadwordErker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɛʁkɐ]
Letters5
Frequency rank#54,497
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Erker“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erbittet“ (#54,496), „erspielte“ (#54,499), „entrüstet“ (#54,494). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Erker“ bei #54,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Erker is uncommon German at frequency #54,497 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɛʁkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlossener, mit Fenstern versehener Vorbau an Gebäuden".

Erker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Erker, spelled E-R-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    geschlossener, mit Fenstern versehener Vorbau an Gebäuden

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Wenn ich mal ein Haus baue, dann muss es unbedingt einen Erker haben.
  2. „Cecilienhof war erst 1917, ein Jahr vor dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs, fertig gestellt worden, ein Landsitz mit 176 Räumen im überladenen Tudor-Stil: lauter Erker, ein Wald von Schornsteinen, efeuumschlungene Fachwerkfassaden.“

This word in other languages

oriel(English)voladizo(Español)encorbellement(Français)sacada(Português)

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 "Erker"?
"Erker" is spelled E-R-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛʁkɐ].
What does "Erker" mean?
As a noun, "Erker" means: geschlossener, mit Fenstern versehener Vorbau an Gebäuden
How do you pronounce "Erker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Erker" is [ˈɛʁkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Erker" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ekelt#54,478eisig#54,477forge#54,528fuzzy#54,539

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list