erstickte

[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə]/ adj

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The verdict

“erstickte” is uncommon German (frequency #54,500 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,500
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-erstickte · erstickte · German

erstickte · rank #54,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,500
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH erspielte

Nearest frequency peer: erspielte (-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 „erstickte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erstickte
PropertyValue
Headworderstickte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#54,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erstickte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).ersticktefällt 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: „erspielte“ (#54,499), „Erziehern“ (#54,501), „Estnischen“ (#54,502). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erstickte“ bei #54,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erstickte is uncommon German at frequency #54,500 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for erstickte, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is erstickte, spelled E-R-S-T-I-C-K-T-E.

Definition

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

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 "erstickte"?
"erstickte" is spelled E-R-S-T-I-C-K-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə].
What does "erstickte" mean?
As an adjective, "erstickte" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erstickt
How do you pronounce "erstickte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erstickte" is [ɛɐ̯ˈʃtɪktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

erspielte#54,499Erziehern#54,501ethisches#54,503entrüstet#54,494

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list