erobern

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,357

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

erobern is aGermanverb. It means: ein fremdes Land in einem Krieg dem Feind wegnehmen und unter die eigene Herrschaft bringen Pronounced [ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn]. It ranks #8,357 in German word frequency. Often confused with erobert and eroberte.

Key facts for erobern
PropertyValue
Headworderobern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,357
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of erobern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for erobern is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,357 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for erobern, with forms such as "eorbern", "erboern", and "erobbern". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "erobert", "eroberte", "erörtern", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is erobern, spelled E-R-O-B-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein fremdes Land in einem Krieg dem Feind wegnehmen und unter die eigene Herrschaft bringen
  2. 2
    jemand anderen für sich selbst günstig stimmen, einnehmen, gewinnen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eorbern,erboern,erobbern,erobenr,erobernn,eroberrn,erobren,eroebrn,errobern,reobern

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for erobern

Misspelling Variants of "erobern"

eorbern7erboern7erobbern8erobenr7erobernn8eroberrn8erobren7eroebrn7
Misspelling Variants of "erobern"

Frequency rank: #8,357 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erobern"?
"erobern" is spelled E-R-O-B-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn].
What does "erobern" mean?
As a verb, "erobern" means: ein fremdes Land in einem Krieg dem Feind wegnehmen und unter die eigene Herrschaft bringen
What words are commonly confused with "erobern"?
"erobern" is commonly confused with "erobert", "eroberte", "erörtern". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "erobern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erobern" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʔoːbɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erobern" come from?
"erobern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.