Ehrgefühl
German, noun[ˈeːɐ̯ɡəˌfyːl]
Ehrgefühl is spelled E-H-R-G-E-F-Ü-H-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ehrgefühl is a German neuter noun meaning “sense of honor” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gespür für die eigene Ehre und das Bedürfnis, sie zu bewahren”.
What does Ehrgefühl mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersense of honor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gespür für die eigene Ehre und das Bedürfnis, sie zu bewahren
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 Ehrgefühl
- Ehrgefühles genitive
- Ehrgefühls genitive
- Ehrgefühle plural
- Ehrgefühlen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ehrgefühl?
- [ˈeːɐ̯ɡəˌfyːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ehrgefühl in German?
Ehrgefühl appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).