ehemalig
[ˈeːəˌmaːlɪç]
The verdict
“ehemalig” is uncommon German (frequency #95,461 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,461
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht mehr existent oder nicht mehr bestehend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehemalig · ehemalig · German
ehemalig · rank #95,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,461
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eheringe
Nearest frequency peer: Eheringe (+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 „ehemalig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- ediert
ediert
4,542 corpus weight
- ehemalig
ehemalig
4,540 corpus weight
- Eheringe
Eheringe
4,539 corpus weight
- Ehrenlegion
Ehrenlegion
4,538 corpus weight
- ehrlichste
ehrlichste
4,536 corpus weight
- ehrten
ehrten
4,535 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ehemalig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ehemalig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːəˌmaːlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehemalig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehemalig is uncommon German at frequency #95,461 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːəˌmaːlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht mehr existent oder nicht mehr bestehend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ehemalig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 ehemalig, spelled E-H-E-M-A-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht mehr existent oder nicht mehr bestehend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehemalig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich hab gestern meinen ehemaligen Chef getroffen.
„Das kann auch nicht jeder behaupten, dass sein ehemaliger Spanischlehrer der Direktor des Phallusmuseums ist, denke ich.“
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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