ersticht

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt]/ verb

The verdict

“ersticht” is uncommon German (frequency #67,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,181
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erstechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-ersticht · ersticht · German

ersticht · rank #67,181 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,181
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erschreckte

Nearest frequency peer: erschreckte (-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 „ersticht“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ersticht
PropertyValue
Headwordersticht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#67,181
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ersticht“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „erschreckte“ (#67,180), „eruieren“ (#67,182), „Erregern“ (#67,179). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ersticht“ bei #67,181. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ersticht is uncommon German at frequency #67,181 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erstechen".

No generated misspelling entries exist for ersticht in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 ersticht, spelled E-R-S-T-I-C-H-T.

Definition

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    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erstechen

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 "ersticht"?
"ersticht" is spelled E-R-S-T-I-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt].
What does "ersticht" mean?
As a verb, "ersticht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs erstechen
How do you pronounce "ersticht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ersticht" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ersticht" come from?
"ersticht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list