erzählen
\ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlən\
The verdict
“erzählen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raconter.
Corpus desk
Index FR-erzahlen · erzählen · French
erzählen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | erzählen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « erzählen » en français
Rare enough to double-check
erzählen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈt͡sɛːlən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
erzählen has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is erzählen, spelled E-R-Z-Ä-H-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1Raconter.
- 2Conter.
- 3Faire le récit de.
- 4Retracer.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erzählen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man erzählt über ihn viel Unglaubliches.
Oma, erzählst du uns heute wieder eine Gute-Nacht-Geschichte?
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.