erübrigen
[ɛɐ̯ˈʔyːbʁɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“erübrigen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,542 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,542
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unwichtig (unnötig, überflüssig) werden durch jüngst erworbene Erkenntnisse, durch neue Umstände
Corpus desk
Index DE-erubrigen · erübrigen · German
erübrigen · rank #60,542 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,542
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erzwang
Nearest frequency peer: erzwang (-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 „erübrigen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erstauflage
Erstauflage
39,462 corpus weight
- Erzbistums
Erzbistums
39,461 corpus weight
- erzwang
erzwang
39,460 corpus weight
- erübrigen
erübrigen
39,459 corpus weight
- Essigsäure
Essigsäure
39,458 corpus weight
- ets
ets
39,457 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erübrigen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erübrigen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʔyːbʁɪɡn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #60,542 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erübrigen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erübrigen is uncommon German at frequency #60,542 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʔyːbʁɪɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erübrigen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 erübrigen, spelled E-R-Ü-B-R-I-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1unwichtig (unnötig, überflüssig) werden durch jüngst erworbene Erkenntnisse, durch neue Umstände
- 2etwas durch Sparsamkeit übrig behalten, etwas einsparen, etwas nicht aufbrauchen
- 3zu tun übrig bleiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erübrigen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Art. 25 EVHGB erübrigt sich angesichts der Übergangsbestimmung des vorgeschlagenen § 907 Abs. 4 UGB.“
„Die Daten fließen direkt, ein Datenzwischenspeicher erübrigt sich.“
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).