erzittern
[ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪtɐn]
The verdict
“erzittern” is uncommon German (frequency #63,285 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,285
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vibrierende, bebende (zitternde) Bewegung zeigen; ein Zittern zeigen
Corpus desk
Index DE-erzittern · erzittern · German
erzittern · rank #63,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,285
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erzieherische
Nearest frequency peer: erzieherische (-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 „erzittern“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erweitere
erweitere
36,719 corpus weight
- erwog
erwog
36,718 corpus weight
- erzieherisc…
erzieherische
36,717 corpus weight
- erzittern
erzittern
36,716 corpus weight
- exorbitant
exorbitant
36,712 corpus weight
- exotisches
exotisches
36,711 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „erzittern“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | erzittern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪtɐn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #63,285 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erzittern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erzittern is uncommon German at frequency #63,285 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɪtɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for erzittern in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is erzittern, spelled E-R-Z-I-T-T-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1vibrierende, bebende (zitternde) Bewegung zeigen; ein Zittern zeigen
- 2einen großen Schreck bekommen, der dazu führt, dass der Körper bebt (zittert)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erzittern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Erde erzittert und bebt.
„Ich erzitterte vor schierem Entsetzen. Ich wurde blaß wie eine Wand.“
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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