Esten

[ˈeːstn̩]

/[ˈeːstn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Esten” is uncommon German (frequency #55,298 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,298
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Este

Corpus desk

Index DE-esten · Esten · German

Esten · rank #55,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,298
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Essstörungen

Nearest frequency peer: Essstörungen (-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 „Esten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Esten
PropertyValue
HeadwordEsten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːstn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#55,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Esten“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Estenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Essstörungen“ (#55,297), „Eugenik“ (#55,299), „Eröffnungsrede“ (#55,296). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Esten“ bei #55,298. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Esten is uncommon German at frequency #55,298 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːstn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Esten, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Esten, spelled E-S-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Este
  2. 2
    Dativ Singular des Substantivs Este
  3. 3
    Akkusativ Singular des Substantivs Este
  4. 4
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Este
  5. 5
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Este
  6. 6
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Este
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Este

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 "Esten"?
"Esten" is spelled E-S-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːstn̩].
What does "Esten" mean?
As a noun, "Esten" means: Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Este
How do you pronounce "Esten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Esten" is [ˈeːstn̩]. 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 "Esten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Feger#55,309fleet#55,324ebnet#55,261Glatz#55,372

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list