ehrwürdiger

[ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]

/[ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“ehrwürdiger” is uncommon German (frequency #77,879 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,879
frequency rank, German
4,632
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig

Corpus desk

Index DE-ehrwurdiger · ehrwürdiger · German

ehrwürdiger · rank #77,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,879
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,632
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ehebett

Nearest frequency peer: Ehebett (-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 „ehrwürdiger“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ehrwürdiger“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ehrwürdiger
PropertyValue
Headwordehrwürdiger
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#77,879
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ehrwürdiger“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ehrwürdigerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Ehebett“ (#77,878), „eindringlicher“ (#77,880), „egozentrisch“ (#77,877). Unter 4,632 „E“-Lemmata liegt „ehrwürdiger“ bei #77,879. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ehrwürdiger is uncommon German at frequency #77,879 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

ehrwürdiger has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is ehrwürdiger, spelled E-H-R-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ehrwürdiger"?
"ehrwürdiger" is spelled E-H-R-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ].
What does "ehrwürdiger" mean?
As an adjective, "ehrwürdiger" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs ehrwürdig
How do you pronounce "ehrwürdiger"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ehrwürdiger" is [ˈeːɐ̯ˌvʏʁdɪɡɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ehrwürdiger" come from?
"ehrwürdiger" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ehrwürdiger", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list