erodieren
[eʁoˈdiːʁən]
The verdict
“erodieren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Boden oder Gestein wegwaschen, abtragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erodieren · erodieren · German
erodieren · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | erodieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eʁoˈdiːʁən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erodieren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erodieren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [eʁoˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Boden oder Gestein wegwaschen, abtragen".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for erodieren, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erodieren, spelled E-R-O-D-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1Boden oder Gestein wegwaschen, abtragen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erodieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das fließende Wasser erodiert das Felsgestein.
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.