ehrerbietig
German, adjective/ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç/
ehrerbietig is spelled E-H-R-E-R-B-I-E-T-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrerbietig is a German adjective meaning “deferential, respectful, reverent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend”.
What does ehrerbietig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
deferential, respectful, reverent
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend
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 ehrerbietig
- ehrerbietiger masculine nominative singular
- am ehrerbietigsten superlative
- ehrerbietige feminine nominative singular
- ehrerbietiges neuter nominative singular
- ehrerbietigen genitive masculine singular
- ehrerbietigem dative masculine singular
- der ehrerbietige definite includes-article masculine
- die ehrerbietige definite feminine includes-article
- das ehrerbietige definite includes-article neuter
- die ehrerbietigen definite includes-article nominative
- des ehrerbietigen definite genitive includes-article
- der ehrerbietigen definite feminine genitive
- dem ehrerbietigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ehrerbietig?
- /ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç/
- /-ˌbiːtɪk/
- [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ehrerbietig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ehrerbietig in German?
ehrerbietig appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).