erübrigen
[ɛɐ̯ˈʔyːbʁɪɡn̩]
The verdict
“erübrigen” is uncommon German (frequency #60,542 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,542
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unwichtig (unnötig, überflüssig) werden durch jüngst erworbene Erkenntnisse, durch neue Umstände
| 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) |
Where “erübrigen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
erübrigen is uncommon German at frequency #60,542 among 57,060 “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
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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Using “erübrigen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-Ü-B-R-I-G-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.