erquicken
[ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩]
The verdict
“erquicken” 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) - neu beleben, laben
Corpus desk
Index DE-erquicken · erquicken · German
erquicken · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | erquicken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erquicken“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erquicken is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈkvɪkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "neu beleben, laben".
No misspelling variants are generated for erquicken in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 erquicken, spelled E-R-Q-U-I-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1neu beleben, laben
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erquicken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich erquickte mich am frischen Wasser!
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.