Osterei
[ˈoːstɐˌʔaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Osterei” is uncommon German (frequency #88,096 among 1,007 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,096
- frequency rank, German
- 1,007
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein bunt dekoriertes oder künstliches Ei, das zu Ostern gegessen, für Spiele oder als Schmuck verwendet wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-osterei · Osterei · German
Osterei · rank #88,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,096
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,007
- PHOTO-FINISH Ostberliner
Nearest frequency peer: Ostberliner (-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 „Osterei“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- omnipräsent
omnipräsent
11,910 corpus weight
- Opferbereit…
Opferbereitschaft
11,909 corpus weight
- opulenten
opulenten
11,908 corpus weight
- Ostberliner
Ostberliner
11,906 corpus weight
- Osterei
Osterei
11,905 corpus weight
- Oststadt
Oststadt
11,904 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Osterei“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Osterei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈoːstɐˌʔaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Osterei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Osterei is uncommon German at frequency #88,096 among 1,007 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈoːstɐˌʔaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein bunt dekoriertes oder künstliches Ei, das zu Ostern gegessen, für Spiele oder als Schmuck verwendet wird".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Osterei, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Osterei, spelled O-S-T-E-R-E-I.
Definition
- 1ein bunt dekoriertes oder künstliches Ei, das zu Ostern gegessen, für Spiele oder als Schmuck verwendet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Osterei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist ein schönes Osterei.
Für Kinder versteckt man gerne Ostereier in nestähnlichen Gruben.
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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