ehrerbietig
[ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç]
The verdict
“ehrerbietig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - großen Respekt, Ehrfurcht und/oder Wertschätzung vor jemandem oder etwas zeigend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrerbietig · ehrerbietig · German
ehrerbietig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | ehrerbietig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrerbietig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehrerbietig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯ʔɛɐ̯ˌbiːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehrerbietig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er meinte […] den Anhauch von Orten zu spüren, an denen man, den Hut in der Hand, in eine gewisse, ehrerbietig vorwärts wiegende Gangart ohne Benutzung der Stiefelabsätze verfällt; […].“
„Eine ehrerbietige Gemeinschaft ist selbst dann, wenn ihre niedrigsten Klassen unintelligent sind, mehr für eine Kabinettsregierung geeignet als ein demokratisches Land, gleich welcher Art, weil es mehr Sinn für politische Exzellenz hat.“
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.