Ersetzung
[ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ersetzung” is uncommon German (frequency #59,611 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,611
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ersetzung · Ersetzung · German
Ersetzung · rank #59,611 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,611
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erschwingliche
Nearest frequency peer: erschwingliche (-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 „Ersetzung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erneutem
erneutem
40,393 corpus weight
- ERR
ERR
40,392 corpus weight
- erschwingli…
erschwingliche
40,391 corpus weight
- Ersetzung
Ersetzung
40,390 corpus weight
- Erstligist
Erstligist
40,389 corpus weight
- Erstlingswe…
Erstlingswerk
40,388 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ersetzung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ersetzung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ersetzung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ersetzung is uncommon German at frequency #59,611 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈzɛt͡sʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt".
Ersetzung doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Ersetzung, spelled E-R-S-E-T-Z-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Austausch von etwas; das, was an die Stelle von etwas Entferntem tritt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ersetzung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meist ist eine Ersetzung von Mutterboden durch Granulat völlig problemlos.
Die Ersetzung von Genehmigungsverfahren durch Anzeigeverfahren im Bausektor hat zu Vereinfachungen und damit Zeitersparnissen beigetragen.
Synonyms
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); 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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