erspielen

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən]/ verb

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The verdict

“erspielen” is uncommon German (frequency #53,661 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,661
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas durch spielen erhalten

Corpus desk

Index DE-erspielen · erspielen · German

erspielen · rank #53,661 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,661
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ersichtlichen

Nearest frequency peer: ersichtlichen (-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 „erspielen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erspielen
PropertyValue
Headworderspielen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,661
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erspielen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.erspielenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „ersichtlichen“ (#53,660), „erwerbstätig“ (#53,662), „erwirtschafteten“ (#53,663). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erspielen“ bei #53,661. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erspielen is uncommon German at frequency #53,661 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas durch spielen erhalten".

erspielen has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is erspielen, spelled E-R-S-P-I-E-L-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas durch spielen erhalten

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how erspielen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Er hat sich ein Bonus-Item erspielt.

Antonyms

verspielen

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 "erspielen"?
"erspielen" is spelled E-R-S-P-I-E-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən].
What does "erspielen" mean?
As a verb, "erspielen" means: etwas durch spielen erhalten
How do you pronounce "erspielen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erspielen" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃpiːlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erspielen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Erntedank#53,657erblichen#53,655exzessive#53,670Einbruchs#53,638

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list