erweichen
[ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩]
The verdict
“erweichen” is uncommon German (frequency #67,183 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,183
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) machen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erweichen · erweichen · German
erweichen · rank #67,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,183
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eruieren
Nearest frequency peer: eruieren (-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 „erweichen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Erregern
Erregern
32,822 corpus weight
- erschreckte
erschreckte
32,821 corpus weight
- ersticht
ersticht
32,820 corpus weight
- eruieren
eruieren
32,819 corpus weight
- erweichen
erweichen
32,818 corpus weight
- erwuchs
erwuchs
32,815 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erweichen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erweichen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erweichen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erweichen is uncommon German at frequency #67,183 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈvaɪ̯çn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
erweichen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erweichen, spelled E-R-W-E-I-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) machen
- 2in der Einstellung freundlicher, geneigter stimmen, so dass Widerstand aufgegeben wird
- 3in der Konsistenz formbarer (weicher) werden
- 4in der Einstellung freundlicher, geneigter werden, sogar seinen Widerstand aufgeben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erweichen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein solches Stück erweicht man in der Mitte unter fortwährendem Drehen in der Gebläseflamme; wenn das Glas ganz weich geworden ist, nimmt man es aus der Flamme und zieht es sofort aus.“
„Und ein Blick in deine Augen, Alles zu verzeihen reicht, Nicht die Logik deiner Worte, Nur dein Blick hat mich erweicht!“
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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