barmherzig

[baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]

/[baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]/ adj

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The verdict

“barmherzig” is uncommon German (frequency #56,800 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,800
frequency rank, German
5,818
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend

Corpus desk

Index DE-barmherzig · barmherzig · German

barmherzig · rank #56,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,800
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,818
  • PHOTO-FINISH Battenberg

Nearest frequency peer: Battenberg (+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 „barmherzig“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „barmherzig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for barmherzig
PropertyValue
Headwordbarmherzig
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]
Letters10
Frequency rank#56,800
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „barmherzig“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).barmherzigfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Battenberg“ (#56,801), „Bankkunden“ (#56,798), „Baugebiet“ (#56,802). Unter 5,818 „B“-Lemmata liegt „barmherzig“ bei #56,800. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

barmherzig is uncommon German at frequency #56,800 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for barmherzig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is barmherzig, spelled B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how barmherzig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der König war barmherzig und sprach den Todgeweihten frei.
  2. „In der Bibel hat der barmherzige Samariter den Überfallenen nicht auf Dauer bei sich aufgenommen, sondern er hat ihn zur Herberge gebracht, dort für seine Versorgung gezahlt und ist dann weiter seinen Geschäften nachgegangen.“

Synonyms

gnädigindulgentglimpflichhumangrundgütiggütigmildtätigmildmitfühlend

Antonyms

gehässighasserfülltunbarmherzigungnädigungütiggemeinerbarmungslos

This word in other languages

compassionate(English)misericordioso(Español)charitable(Français)misericordioso(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "barmherzig"?
"barmherzig" is spelled B-A-R-M-H-E-R-Z-I-G. The IPA pronunciation is [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç].
What does "barmherzig" mean?
As an adjective, "barmherzig" means: Mitgefühl für die Notleidenden, Benachteiligten zeigend
How do you pronounce "barmherzig"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "barmherzig" is [baʁmˈhɛʁt͡sɪç]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "barmherzig" come from?
"barmherzig" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "barmherzig", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Battenberg#56,801Bankkunden#56,798Bautechnik#56,803auszuloten#56,795

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list