erlittene

[ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erlittene” is uncommon German (frequency #71,290 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,290
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten

Corpus desk

Index DE-erlittene · erlittene · German

erlittene · rank #71,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,290
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Erlkönig

Nearest frequency peer: Erlkönig (+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 „erlittene“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erlittene
PropertyValue
Headworderlittene
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#71,290
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erlittene“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Erlkönig“ (#71,291), „erfolgloser“ (#71,288), „Ermittlerin“ (#71,292). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erlittene“ bei #71,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erlittene is uncommon German at frequency #71,290 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erlittene, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is erlittene, spelled E-R-L-I-T-T-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten

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 "erlittene"?
"erlittene" is spelled E-R-L-I-T-T-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə].
What does "erlittene" mean?
As an adjective, "erlittene" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erlitten
How do you pronounce "erlittene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erlittene" is [ɛɐ̯ˈlɪtənə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

enttarnen#71,285entlegene#71,284enteignen#71,280Exemplars#71,306

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list