Ehrenbreitstein

/[eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n]/ name

Letters

15 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,464

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Ehrenbreitstein is aGermanname. It means: ein Berg am rechten Rheinufer in Koblenz, auf dem die preußische Festung Ehrenbreitstein errichtet ist Pronounced [eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n].

Key facts for Ehrenbreitstein
PropertyValue
HeadwordEhrenbreitstein
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n]
Letters15
Frequency rank#81,464
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Ehrenbreitstein in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Ehrenbreitstein is 15 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,464 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Ehrenbreitstein in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Ehrenbreitstein, spelled E-H-R-E-N-B-R-E-I-T-S-T-E-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Berg am rechten Rheinufer in Koblenz, auf dem die preußische Festung Ehrenbreitstein errichtet ist
  2. 2
    eine mittelalterliche Burg, auf deren Platz später die Festung Ehrenbreitstein gebaut wurde

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #81,464 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ehrenbreitstein"?
"Ehrenbreitstein" is spelled E-H-R-E-N-B-R-E-I-T-S-T-E-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n].
What does "Ehrenbreitstein" mean?
As a name, "Ehrenbreitstein" means: ein Berg am rechten Rheinufer in Koblenz, auf dem die preußische Festung Ehrenbreitstein errichtet ist
How do you pronounce "Ehrenbreitstein"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ehrenbreitstein" is [eːʁənˈbʁaɪ̯tʃtaɪ̯n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.