ehrfürchtig
[ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʏʁçtɪç]
The verdict
“ehrfürchtig” is uncommon German (frequency #58,700 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,700
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aufgrund der hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert zurückhaltend, ängstlich oder schüchtern
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrfurchtig · ehrfürchtig · German
ehrfürchtig · rank #58,700 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,700
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Eilers
Nearest frequency peer: Eilers (+1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ehrfürchtig“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Egos
Egos
41,304 corpus weight
- Ehrenplatz
Ehrenplatz
41,303 corpus weight
- ehrfürchtig
ehrfürchtig
41,301 corpus weight
- Eilers
Eilers
41,300 corpus weight
- eilige
eilige
41,299 corpus weight
- einflussrei…
einflussreichste
41,298 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ehrfürchtig“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ehrfürchtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʏʁçtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,700 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrfürchtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehrfürchtig is uncommon German at frequency #58,700 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯ˌfʏʁçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aufgrund der hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert zurückhaltend, ängstlich oder schüchtern".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ehrfürchtig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ehrfürchtig, spelled E-H-R-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1aufgrund der hohen Achtung von Würde, Erhabenheit oder Wert zurückhaltend, ängstlich oder schüchtern
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehrfürchtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Kirchenraum verlangt ehrfürchtiges Verhalten, so empfinden wir. Wir ärgern uns, wenn Touristen darin lachen und lärmen wie auf dem Markt.“
„Natürlich war dieser ehrfürchtige Ausspruch zunächst eine Respektbekundung vor dem musikalischen Talent der Britin.“
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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