ehedem
[eːəˈdeːm]
The verdict
“ehedem” is uncommon German (frequency #66,145 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,145
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zu einer vergangenen Zeit, einige Zeit vor etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehedem · ehedem · German
ehedem · rank #66,145 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,145
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH eifersüchtige
Nearest frequency peer: eifersüchtige (+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 „ehedem“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ehedem
ehedem
33,856 corpus weight
- eifersüchti…
eifersüchtige
33,855 corpus weight
- eincremen
eincremen
33,854 corpus weight
- einfacheres
einfacheres
33,853 corpus weight
- Einholung
Einholung
33,852 corpus weight
- einleuchten
einleuchten
33,851 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ehedem“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ehedem |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [eːəˈdeːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #66,145 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehedem“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehedem is uncommon German at frequency #66,145 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [eːəˈdeːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zu einer vergangenen Zeit, einige Zeit vor etwas".
No misspelling variants are generated for ehedem in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ehedem, spelled E-H-E-D-E-M.
Definition
- 1zu einer vergangenen Zeit, einige Zeit vor etwas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ehedem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Immediatstadt Dramburg (ehedem Drage oder Draweburg) liegt nahe an der Pommerschen Grenze, auf einer niedrigen Ebene, an der Drage, welche die Stadt durchfließt und in die Alt- und Neustadt teilt, an der Poststraße von Pommern nach Preußen.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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