Erwiderung
[ɛɐ̯ˈviːdəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Erwiderung” is uncommon German (frequency #55,294 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,294
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Handlung, auf eine Äußerung zu antworten, und Ergebnis dieser Handlung
Corpus desk
Index DE-erwiderung · Erwiderung · German
Erwiderung · rank #55,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,294
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH ersteigern
Nearest frequency peer: ersteigern (-2 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 „Erwiderung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Ermüdung
Ermüdung
44,711 corpus weight
- erschrecken…
erschreckender
44,710 corpus weight
- ersteigern
ersteigern
44,709 corpus weight
- Erwiderung
Erwiderung
44,707 corpus weight
- Eröffnungsr…
Eröffnungsrede
44,705 corpus weight
- Essstörungen
Essstörungen
44,704 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Erwiderung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Erwiderung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈviːdəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Erwiderung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Erwiderung is uncommon German at frequency #55,294 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈviːdəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Erwiderung 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 Erwiderung, spelled E-R-W-I-D-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Handlung, auf eine Äußerung zu antworten, und Ergebnis dieser Handlung
- 2gleichartige Reaktion
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Erwiderung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch seine Briefe an mich waren lange Zeit ohne Erwiderung geblieben.“
Er konnte sich nicht zu einer Erwiderung des Grußes durchringen.
Synonyms
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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