erstarrte

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erstarrte” is uncommon German (frequency #60,538 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,538
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt

Corpus desk

Index DE-erstarrte · erstarrte · German

erstarrte · rank #60,538 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,538
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erschreckenden

Nearest frequency peer: erschreckenden (-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 „erstarrte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erstarrte
PropertyValue
Headworderstarrte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#60,538
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erstarrte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).erstarrtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erschreckenden“ (#60,537), „Erstauflage“ (#60,539), „Erzbistums“ (#60,540). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erstarrte“ bei #60,538. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erstarrte is uncommon German at frequency #60,538 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erstarrte, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 erstarrte, spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt

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 "erstarrte"?
"erstarrte" is spelled E-R-S-T-A-R-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə].
What does "erstarrte" mean?
As an adjective, "erstarrte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs erstarrt
How do you pronounce "erstarrte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erstarrte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtaʁtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "erstarrte" come from?
"erstarrte" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

erübrigen#60,542ergebende#60,533Erfinders#60,531erachtete#60,529

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list