erstgeboren
[ˈeːɐ̯stɡəˌboːʁən]
The verdict
“erstgeboren” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - unter mehreren Geschwistern als erste(r) zur Welt gekommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstgeboren · erstgeboren · German
erstgeboren · 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 | erstgeboren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯stɡəˌboːʁən] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erstgeboren“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erstgeboren is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯stɡəˌboːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unter mehreren Geschwistern als erste(r) zur Welt gekommen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erstgeboren, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erstgeboren, spelled E-R-S-T-G-E-B-O-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1unter mehreren Geschwistern als erste(r) zur Welt gekommen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how erstgeboren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Im Unterschied zu mir genoss er als erstgeborener Sohn jedoch die besondere Wertschätzung meines Vaters.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.