ehrerbietig
[ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç]
The verdict
“ehrerbietig” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ehrerbietig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ehrerbietig” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ehrerbietig is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend".
ehrerbietig doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ehrerbietig, spelled E-H-R-E-R-B-I-E-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “ehrerbietig”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-H-R-E-R-B-I-E-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.