Ehrendoktor
German, noun/ˈeːʁənˌdɔktoːɐ̯/
Ehrendoktor is spelled E-H-R-E-N-D-O-K-T-O-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrendoktor is a German masculine noun meaning “honorary doctor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “akademischer Titel eines Doktors ehrenhalber, der für Verdienste verliehen werden kann, aber ohne die…”.
What does Ehrendoktor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehonorary doctor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. akademischer Titel eines Doktors ehrenhalber, der für Verdienste verliehen werden kann, aber ohne die entsprechenden Prüfungen 2. Person, der der Titel eines Ehrendoktors verliehen wurde
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Ehrendoktor
- Ehrendoktors genitive
- Ehrendoktoren plural
- Ehrendoktorin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ehrendoktor?
- /ˈeːʁənˌdɔktoːɐ̯/
- [ˈeːʁənˌdɔktoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ehrendoktor in German?
Ehrendoktor appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).