ehrwürdig
[ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪç]
The verdict
“ehrwürdig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Achtung und Ehrfurcht gebietend
Corpus desk
Index DE-ehrwurdig · ehrwürdig · German
ehrwürdig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | ehrwürdig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪç] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrwürdig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ehrwürdig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
ehrwürdig has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ehrwürdig, spelled E-H-R-W-Ü-R-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1Achtung und Ehrfurcht gebietend
- 2respektvolle Anrede
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ehrwürdig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Hinzu kam der Umbau des ehrwürdigen Niedersachsenstadions, erbaut aus Kriegstrümmern, zur WM-Arena 2006, der in seiner Bedeutung für das mittelgroße Hannover nicht zu unterschätzen war.“
„Verzeihung, ehrwürdige Mutter Oberin, könnte ich vielleicht ein wenig Hilfe bekommen?“
Synonyms
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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.