Ersti

[ˈeːɐ̯stiː]

/[ˈeːɐ̯stiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ersti” is uncommon German (frequency #91,547 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,547
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester

Corpus desk

Index DE-ersti · Ersti · German

Ersti · rank #91,547 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,547
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Eroberern

Nearest frequency peer: Eroberern (-2 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 „Ersti“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ersti
PropertyValue
HeadwordErsti
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːɐ̯stiː]
Letters5
Frequency rank#91,547
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ersti“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Erstifällt 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: „Eroberern“ (#91,545), „ertrinke“ (#91,549), „ernüchternde“ (#91,544). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ersti“ bei #91,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ersti is uncommon German at frequency #91,547 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯stiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ersti, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Ersti, spelled E-R-S-T-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Am Beginn des neuen Semesters wurde für die Erstis eine große Party gegeben.

Synonyms

Erstsemester

This word in other languages

freshman(English)

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 "Ersti"?
"Ersti" is spelled E-R-S-T-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːɐ̯stiː].
What does "Ersti" mean?
As a noun, "Ersti" means: Kurzbezeichnung für einen Studenten im ersten Semester
How do you pronounce "Ersti"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ersti" is [ˈeːɐ̯stiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ersti" come from?
"Ersti" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

equus#91,533fells#91,575depri#91,468Bonns#91,400

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list