Ertüchtigung
[ɛɐ̯ˈtʏçtɪɡʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ertüchtigung” is uncommon German (frequency #64,240 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,240
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aktion, jemanden tüchtiger (fitter, fähiger) zu machen, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme
Corpus desk
Index DE-ertuchtigung · Ertüchtigung · German
Ertüchtigung · rank #64,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,240
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erträumt
Nearest frequency peer: erträumt (-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 „Ertüchtigung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erschossenen
Erschossenen
35,765 corpus weight
- erstgeborene
erstgeborene
35,764 corpus weight
- erträumt
erträumt
35,762 corpus weight
- Ertüchtigung
Ertüchtigung
35,761 corpus weight
- Eruptionen
Eruptionen
35,760 corpus weight
- essbares
essbares
35,757 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ertüchtigung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ertüchtigung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈtʏçtɪɡʊŋ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ertüchtigung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ertüchtigung is uncommon German at frequency #64,240 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈtʏçtɪɡʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aktion, jemanden tüchtiger (fitter, fähiger) zu machen, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ertüchtigung in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 Ertüchtigung, spelled E-R-T-Ü-C-H-T-I-G-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Aktion, jemanden tüchtiger (fitter, fähiger) zu machen, und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahme
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ertüchtigung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hatte sich blitzschnell überlegt, daß der französische Staat wohl kaum viel Geld für seine körperliche und geistige Ertüchtigung ausgeben würde, mit dem Endziel, ihn zum Selbstmord zu treiben.“
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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