ernährten

[ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“ernährten” is uncommon German (frequency #86,435 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,435
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt

Corpus desk

Index DE-ernahrten · ernährten · German

ernährten · rank #86,435 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,435
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ernstem

Nearest frequency peer: ernstem (-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 „ernährten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ernährten
PropertyValue
Headwordernährten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#86,435
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ernährten“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ernstem“ (#86,434), „Erstdruck“ (#86,436), „erstechen“ (#86,437). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ernährten“ bei #86,435. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ernährten is uncommon German at frequency #86,435 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ernährten, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 ernährten, spelled E-R-N-Ä-H-R-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt

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 "ernährten"?
"ernährten" is spelled E-R-N-Ä-H-R-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩].
What does "ernährten" mean?
As an adjective, "ernährten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ernährt
How do you pronounce "ernährten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ernährten" is [ɛɐ̯ˈnɛːɐ̯tn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ernährten" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Erstdruck#86,436erstechen#86,437erhobener#86,431ergebener#86,430

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list