ehrenhaft

[ˈeːʁənhaft]

/[ˈeːʁənhaft]/ adj

The verdict

“ehrenhaft” is uncommon German (frequency #56,922 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,922
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend

Corpus desk

Index DE-ehrenhaft · ehrenhaft · German

ehrenhaft · rank #56,922 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,922
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Egoisten

Nearest frequency peer: Egoisten (-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 „ehrenhaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ehrenhaft
PropertyValue
Headwordehrenhaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːʁənhaft]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrenhaft“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Egoisten“ (#56,921), „eigenartigen“ (#56,923), „effizientes“ (#56,920). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ehrenhaft“ bei #56,922. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ehrenhaft is uncommon German at frequency #56,922 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːʁənhaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend".

ehrenhaft doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is ehrenhaft, spelled E-H-R-E-N-H-A-F-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend

Synonyms

Antonyms

unehrenhaft

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ehrenhaft"?
"ehrenhaft" is spelled E-H-R-E-N-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːʁənhaft].
What does "ehrenhaft" mean?
As an adjective, "ehrenhaft" means: Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend
How do you pronounce "ehrenhaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ehrenhaft" is [ˈeːʁənhaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ehrenhaft" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list