expand
[ɪkˈspænd]
The verdict
“expand” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expandieren, ausbreiten, vergrößern, ausdehnen, erweitern, dehnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-expand · expand · German
expand · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | expand |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɪkˈspænd] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „expand“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
expand is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɪkˈspænd]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expandieren, ausbreiten, vergrößern, ausdehnen, erweitern, dehnen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for expand in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is expand, spelled E-X-P-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1expandieren, ausbreiten, vergrößern, ausdehnen, erweitern, dehnen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.