ertrug
[ɛɐ̯ˈtʁuːk]
The verdict
“ertrug” is uncommon German (frequency #57,823 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,823
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ertragen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ertrug · ertrug · German
ertrug · rank #57,823 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,823
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ersteigert
Nearest frequency peer: ersteigert (-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 „ertrug“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erk
Erk
42,181 corpus weight
- Ersatzteil
Ersatzteil
42,180 corpus weight
- ersteigert
ersteigert
42,179 corpus weight
- ertrug
ertrug
42,178 corpus weight
- erwache
erwache
42,177 corpus weight
- erwischten
erwischten
42,176 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ertrug“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ertrug |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈtʁuːk] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,823 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ertrug“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ertrug is uncommon German at frequency #57,823 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈtʁuːk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ertrug in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ertrug, spelled E-R-T-R-U-G.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ertragen
- 23. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs ertragen
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.
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