ersatz

Questions about ersatz

What does ersatz mean?

ersatz means "an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ersatz?

ersatz has 2 syllables: er-satz. The stress falls on "er". In IPA it is /ˈɛɹˌsɑts/.

What is another word for ersatz?

Close synonyms include substitute. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ersatz a common word?

ersatz is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.