erschließen
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsn̩]
The verdict
“erschließen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - auffinden und nutzbar machen, zum Beispiel Gelände durch Infrastrukturmaßnahmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erschlie-en · erschließen · German
erschließen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | erschließen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsn̩] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erschließen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erschließen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃliːsn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
erschließen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erschließen, spelled E-R-S-C-H-L-I-E-S-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1auffinden und nutzbar machen, zum Beispiel Gelände durch Infrastrukturmaßnahmen
- 2durch bestimmte Schlussfolgerungen ermitteln, Ressourcen durch Informationsgewinn nutzbar machen
- 3erkunden, einen Überblick gewinnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erschließen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das Baugelände ist voll erschlossen.
„Der Klettersport erschließt mir die Möglichkeit, mich meiner Umwelt mitzuteilen und Kontakt herzustellen. Der Fels ist dabei mein Freund.“
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.