erwachten

[ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩]

/[ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“erwachten” is uncommon German (frequency #77,926 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,926
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht

Corpus desk

Index DE-erwachten · erwachten · German

erwachten · rank #77,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,926
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ermessensspie…

Nearest frequency peer: Ermessensspielraum (-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 „erwachten“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erwachten“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for erwachten
PropertyValue
Headworderwachten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,926
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „erwachten“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).erwachtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ermessensspielraum“ (#77,925), „erweckten“ (#77,927), „erlöste“ (#77,924). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „erwachten“ bei #77,926. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

erwachten is uncommon German at frequency #77,926 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 12 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for erwachten in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 erwachten, spelled E-R-W-A-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "erwachten"?
"erwachten" is spelled E-R-W-A-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩].
What does "erwachten" mean?
As an adjective, "erwachten" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs erwacht
How do you pronounce "erwachten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "erwachten" is [ɛɐ̯ˈvaxtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "erwachten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

erweckten#77,927erheitert#77,917ergebenen#77,916erbrochen#77,912

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list