ehelich
[ˈeːəlɪç]
The verdict
“ehelich” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einer gültigen Ehe stammend (Nachkommen)
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehelich · ehelich · German
ehelich · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ehelich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːəlɪç] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehelich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehelich is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːəlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for ehelich 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ehelich, spelled E-H-E-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1aus einer gültigen Ehe stammend (Nachkommen)
- 2sich auf die Ehe beziehend, in der Ehe üblich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehelich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Deutsche Kinder, die ehelich geboren sind, bei denen jedoch der biologische Vater ein anderer als der Ehegatte ist, gelten rechtlich automatisch als Kinder des Ehemannes.“
„Es ist entweder zu viel Wind oder zu wenig, die Enge an Bord beginnt die eheliche Harmonie empfindlich zu stören und das ewige Geschaukel braucht auch kein Mensch.“
Synonyms
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.