essbare

[ˈɛsbaːʁə]

/[ˈɛsbaːʁə]/ adj

The verdict

“essbare” is uncommon German (frequency #52,826 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,826
frequency rank, German
57,060
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar

Key facts for essbare
PropertyValue
Headwordessbare
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈɛsbaːʁə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,826
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “essbare” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). essbare lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

essbare is uncommon German at frequency #52,826 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛsbaːʁə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

essbare doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is essbare, spelled E-S-S-B-A-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar

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 "essbare"?
"essbare" is spelled E-S-S-B-A-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɛsbaːʁə].
What does "essbare" mean?
As an adjective, "essbare" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs essbar
How do you pronounce "essbare"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "essbare" is [ˈɛsbaːʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "essbare" come from?
"essbare" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “essbare”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is E-S-S-B-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈɛsbaːʁə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list