Erstling
German, noun/ˈeːɐ̯stlɪŋ/
Erstling is spelled E-R-S-T-L-I-N-G (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erstling is a German masculine noun meaning “firstling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Erstling mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirstling
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Erstling
- Erstlings genitive
- Erstlinge plural
- Erstlingen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erstling?
- /ˈeːɐ̯stlɪŋ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erstling in German?
Erstling appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).