ersatz

Portuguese, noun/ˈɛʁ.zats/

ersatz is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ersatz” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does ersatz mean in English?

noun

1
masculineersatz

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of ersatz

ersätze plural
Ersatz alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ersatz?

Brazil /ˈɛʁ.zats/
Brazil [ˈɛɦ.zats]
Brazil /ˈɛʁ.za.t͡ʃis/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is ersatz in Portuguese?

ersatz appears about once in every 36 million words in written Portuguese.

ersatz0.0010.010.11101001,00010,000

rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).