erkunde

[ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə]/ verb

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The verdict

“erkunde” is uncommon German (frequency #83,928 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,928
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden

Corpus desk

Index DE-erkunde · erkunde · German

erkunde · rank #83,928 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,928
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erinnerungsve…

Nearest frequency peer: Erinnerungsvermögen (-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 „erkunde“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erkunde
PropertyValue
Headworderkunde
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,928
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erkunde“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).erkundefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erinnerungsvermögen“ (#83,927), „erläutere“ (#83,929), „erhitzten“ (#83,926). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erkunde“ bei #83,928. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erkunde is uncommon German at frequency #83,928 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

erkunde has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 erkunde, spelled E-R-K-U-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden

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 "erkunde"?
"erkunde" is spelled E-R-K-U-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə].
What does "erkunde" mean?
As a verb, "erkunde" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erkunden
How do you pronounce "erkunde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erkunde" is [ɛɐ̯ˈkʊndə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erkunde" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Epitaph#83,921fackelt#83,942Freiern#83,972Eckhaus#83,874

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list