erpressbar
[ɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛsˌbaːɐ̯]
The verdict
“erpressbar” is uncommon German (frequency #70,215 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,215
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in einer Situation für eine Erpressung befindlich
Corpus desk
Index DE-erpressbar · erpressbar · German
erpressbar · rank #70,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,215
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH errungenen
Nearest frequency peer: errungenen (+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 „erpressbar“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erlesenen
erlesenen
29,790 corpus weight
- Ermöglichung
Ermöglichung
29,789 corpus weight
- ernüchtert
ernüchtert
29,788 corpus weight
- erpressbar
erpressbar
29,786 corpus weight
- errungenen
errungenen
29,785 corpus weight
- erschüttern…
erschütternden
29,783 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erpressbar“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erpressbar |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛsˌbaːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,215 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erpressbar“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erpressbar is uncommon German at frequency #70,215 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈpʁɛsˌbaːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in einer Situation für eine Erpressung befindlich".
erpressbar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is erpressbar, spelled E-R-P-R-E-S-S-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1in einer Situation für eine Erpressung befindlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erpressbar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
»… Am erpressbarsten ist derjenige, der am meisten zu verlieren hat, sprich: der über das dickste Gehaltskonto verfügt.«
Die Notenbanken haben durch den Ankauf von Staatsanleihen geld-und finanzpolitische Aufgaben vermischt und sich in eine schwierige Position gebracht, die sie politisch erpressbarer macht.
Antonyms
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.
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