Ehrfurcht
German, noun/ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt/
Ehrfurcht is spelled E-H-R-F-U-R-C-H-T (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written German, the 25,090th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrfurcht is a German feminine noun meaning “awe, reverence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf einer hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert beruhende Scheu”.
What does Ehrfurcht mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineawe, reverence
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf einer hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert beruhende Scheu
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Ehrfurcht?
- /ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt/
- [ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʊʁçt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Ehrfurcht
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ehrfurcht in German?
Ehrfurcht appears 1.9 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).