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ehrenhaft

German, adjective[ˈeːʁənhaft]

ehrenhaft is spelled E-H-R-E-N-H-A-F-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrenhaft is a German adjective meaning “honourable, respectable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend”.

What does ehrenhaft mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    honourable, respectable

  2. 2

    reputable

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Anerkennung und Wertschätzung verdienend

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 ehrenhaft

  • ehrenhafter masculine nominative singular
  • am ehrenhaftesten superlative
  • ehrenhafte feminine nominative singular
  • ehrenhaftes neuter nominative singular
  • ehrenhaften genitive masculine singular
  • ehrenhaftem dative masculine singular
  • der ehrenhafte definite includes-article masculine
  • die ehrenhafte definite feminine includes-article
  • das ehrenhafte definite includes-article neuter
  • die ehrenhaften definite includes-article nominative
  • des ehrenhaften definite genitive includes-article
  • der ehrenhaften definite feminine genitive
  • dem ehrenhaften dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce ehrenhaft?

  • [ˈeːʁənhaft]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to ehrenhaft

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is ehrenhaft in German?

ehrenhaft appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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