Ehegatte

[ˈeːəɡatə]

/[ˈeːəɡatə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ehegatte” is uncommon German (frequency #51,262 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,262
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Partner in einer Ehe

Corpus desk

Index DE-ehegatte · Ehegatte · German

Ehegatte · rank #51,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,262
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH effektivsten

Nearest frequency peer: effektivsten (-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 „Ehegatte“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ehegatte
PropertyValue
HeadwordEhegatte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈeːəɡatə]
Letters8
Frequency rank#51,262
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ehegatte“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „effektivsten“ (#51,261), „Ehrengäste“ (#51,263), „ECM“ (#51,260). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „Ehegatte“ bei #51,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ehegatte is uncommon German at frequency #51,262 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːəɡatə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Ehegatte in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Ehegatte, spelled E-H-E-G-A-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    männlicher Partner in einer Ehe
  2. 2
    einer der beiden Ehepartner

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Der Ehegatte war als Hausmann im Haushalt tätig.
  2. Für diese Art der Schulden muss der Ehegatte mit einstehen beziehungsweise aufkommen.

Synonyms

EhemannEheleute

This word in other languages

husband(English)marido(Español)mari(Français)marido(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 "Ehegatte"?
"Ehegatte" is spelled E-H-E-G-A-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːəɡatə].
What does "Ehegatte" mean?
As a noun, "Ehegatte" means: männlicher Partner in einer Ehe
How do you pronounce "Ehegatte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ehegatte" is [ˈeːəɡatə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ehegatte" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list