ehebrechen
[ˈeːəˌbʁɛçn̩]
The verdict
“ehebrechen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die eheliche (geschlechtliche) Treue verletzen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehebrechen · ehebrechen · German
ehebrechen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | ehebrechen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈeːəˌbʁɛçn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehebrechen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehebrechen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈeːəˌbʁɛçn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die eheliche (geschlechtliche) Treue verletzen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ehebrechen in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ehebrechen, spelled E-H-E-B-R-E-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1die eheliche (geschlechtliche) Treue verletzen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehebrechen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die zehn Gebote lehrte sie mich nun freilich zeitiger, als ich sie hätte lernen sollen, wenigstens zeitiger, als ich wußte, was ehebrechen sei.“
„Glaubt nicht, ihr Mönche, daß ihr sicher seyd, wenn ihr sagt: große Laster begehen wir nicht in dem Kloster: ich ehebreche nicht, ich stehle nicht, ich tödte nicht....“
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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.