Etrusker

[eˈtʁʊskɐ]

/[eˈtʁʊskɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Etrusker” is uncommon German (frequency #73,454 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,454
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Angehöriger des antiken Volkes, das in der Toskana, Umbrien sowie in Latium siedelte und laut Dionysios von Halikarnassos sich selbst Rasenna nannte

Corpus desk

Index DE-etrusker · Etrusker · German

Etrusker · rank #73,454 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,454
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH ert

Nearest frequency peer: ert (-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 „Etrusker“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Etrusker
PropertyValue
HeadwordEtrusker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[eˈtʁʊskɐ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,454
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Etrusker“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Etruskerfällt 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: „ert“ (#73,453), „eurasischen“ (#73,455), „Erststimmen“ (#73,452). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Etrusker“ bei #73,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Etrusker is uncommon German at frequency #73,454 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈtʁʊskɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Angehöriger des antiken Volkes, das in der Toskana, Umbrien sowie in Latium siedelte und laut Dionysios von Halikarnassos sich selbst Rasenna nannte".

Etrusker doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Etrusker, spelled E-T-R-U-S-K-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Angehöriger des antiken Volkes, das in der Toskana, Umbrien sowie in Latium siedelte und laut Dionysios von Halikarnassos sich selbst Rasenna nannte

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Etrusker appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Die Römer, die zum Stamm der Latiner gehörten, unterhielten enge Kontakte zu den Etruskern, die in der Toskana und in Campanien siedelten.“
  2. „Die Kelten drangen bis nach Italien vor und drängten die Etrusker zurück.“

Synonyms

EtrurierTuskerTyrrhener

This word in other languages

Etruscan(English)Étrusque(Français)etrusco(Português)

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 "Etrusker"?
"Etrusker" is spelled E-T-R-U-S-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [eˈtʁʊskɐ].
What does "Etrusker" mean?
As a noun, "Etrusker" means: Angehöriger des antiken Volkes, das in der Toskana, Umbrien sowie in Latium siedelte und laut Dionysios von Halikarnassos sich selbst Rasenna nannte
How do you pronounce "Etrusker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Etrusker" is [eˈtʁʊskɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Etrusker" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Etrusker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list