Ehrenurkunde
[ˈeːʁənˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə]
The verdict
“Ehrenurkunde” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Urkunde zur Anerkennung einer bestimmten Leistung
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrenurkunde · Ehrenurkunde · German
Ehrenurkunde · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ehrenurkunde |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈeːʁənˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ehrenurkunde“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ehrenurkunde is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈeːʁənˌʔuːɐ̯kʊndə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Urkunde zur Anerkennung einer bestimmten Leistung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Ehrenurkunde in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Ehrenurkunde, spelled E-H-R-E-N-U-R-K-U-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Urkunde zur Anerkennung einer bestimmten Leistung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ehrenurkunde appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den besten zehn Teilnehmern wurden heute Ehrenurkunden ausgehändigt.
„Bei den Bundesjugendspielen bekam ich nur noch Ehrenurkunden und im Sport stets eine sichere Zwei.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.