ecce

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The verdict

“ecce” is uncommon German (frequency #72,324 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,324
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - da, siehe da, siehe

Corpus desk

Index DE-ecce · ecce · German

ecce · rank #72,324 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,324
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ebe

Nearest frequency peer: Ebe (-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 „ecce“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ecce
PropertyValue
Headwordecce
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,324
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ecce“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.eccefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ebe“ (#72,323), „Editoren“ (#72,325), „dünnere“ (#72,322). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ecce“ bei #72,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ecce is uncommon German at frequency #72,324 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "da, siehe da, siehe".

ecce doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is ecce, spelled E-C-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    da, siehe da, siehe

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Sed ecce in manibus vir et praestantissimo ingenio et flagranti studio et doctus a puero C. Gracchus: noli enim putare quemquam, Brute, pleniorem aut uberiorem ad dicendum fuisse.“
  2. „haec autem eo cogitante ecce angelus Domini in somnis apparuit ei dicens Ioseph fili David noli timere accipere Mariam coniugem tuam quod enim in ea natum est de Spiritu Sancto est“

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 "ecce"?
"ecce" is spelled E-C-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ecce" mean?
As an adverb, "ecce" means: da, siehe da, siehe
How do you pronounce "ecce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ecce" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ecce" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list