erstickend
[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkn̩t]
The verdict
“erstickend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Partizip Präsens des Verbs ersticken
Corpus desk
Index DE-erstickend · erstickend · German
erstickend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | erstickend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkn̩t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erstickend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erstickend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪkn̩t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Partizip Präsens des Verbs ersticken".
No misspelling variants are generated for erstickend in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erstickend, spelled E-R-S-T-I-C-K-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Partizip Präsens des Verbs ersticken
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.