Erkundigung
[ˌɛɐ̯ˈkʊndɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erkundigung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachforschung, Nachfrage
Corpus desk
Index DE-erkundigung · Erkundigung · German
Erkundigung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Erkundigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌɛɐ̯ˈkʊndɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erkundigung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erkundigung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌɛɐ̯ˈkʊndɪɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nachforschung, Nachfrage".
Zero misspellings are on record for Erkundigung in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Erkundigung, spelled E-R-K-U-N-D-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Nachforschung, Nachfrage
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erkundigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ich würde meinem Leser meine eignen Angelegenheiten nicht vortragen, hätten nicht viele Bürger meiner Stadt über meine Lebensart sehr eingehende Erkundigungen eingezogen, Erkundigungen, die manche aufdringlich nennen werden.“
„Sie empfindet seine Erkundigung als ungehörig.“
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.