erschlug

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk]/ verb

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The verdict

“erschlug” is uncommon German (frequency #63,278 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,278
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erschlagen

Corpus desk

Index DE-erschlug · erschlug · German

erschlug · rank #63,278 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,278
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erschlossenen

Nearest frequency peer: erschlossenen (-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 „erschlug“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erschlug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erschlug
PropertyValue
Headworderschlug
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,278
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erschlug“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).erschlugfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erschlossenen“ (#63,277), „erschleichen“ (#63,276), „erweitere“ (#63,282). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erschlug“ bei #63,278. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erschlug is uncommon German at frequency #63,278 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

erschlug has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 erschlug, spelled E-R-S-C-H-L-U-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erschlagen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erschlagen

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erschlug"?
"erschlug" is spelled E-R-S-C-H-L-U-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk].
What does "erschlug" mean?
As a verb, "erschlug" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs erschlagen
How do you pronounce "erschlug"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erschlug" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃluːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erschlug" come from?
"erschlug" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erschlug", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list