ehrenrührig
German, adjective/ˈeːʁənˌʁyːʁɪç/
ehrenrührig is spelled E-H-R-E-N-R-Ü-H-R-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrenrührig is a German adjective meaning “defamatory” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “beleidigend, die Ehre beschädigend”.
What does ehrenrührig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
defamatory
- 2
scurrilous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. beleidigend, die Ehre beschädigend
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 ehrenrührig
- ehrenrühriger masculine nominative singular
- am ehrenrührigsten superlative
- ehrenrührige feminine nominative singular
- ehrenrühriges neuter nominative singular
- ehrenrührigen genitive masculine singular
- ehrenrührigem dative masculine singular
- der ehrenrührige definite includes-article masculine
- die ehrenrührige definite feminine includes-article
- das ehrenrührige definite includes-article neuter
- die ehrenrührigen definite includes-article nominative
- des ehrenrührigen definite genitive includes-article
- der ehrenrührigen definite feminine genitive
- dem ehrenrührigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ehrenrührig?
- /ˈeːʁənˌʁyːʁɪç/
- /-ˌʁyːʁɪk/
- [ˈeːʁənˌʁyːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ehrenrührig in German?
ehrenrührig appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).