Eiferer
[ˈaɪ̯fəʁɐ]
The verdict
“Eiferer” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der sehr zielstrebig und bestimmt vorgeht, sich fanatisch für eine Idee einsetzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-eiferer · Eiferer · German
Eiferer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Eiferer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaɪ̯fəʁɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Eiferer“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Eiferer is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaɪ̯fəʁɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der sehr zielstrebig und bestimmt vorgeht, sich fanatisch für eine Idee einsetzt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Eiferer, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Eiferer, spelled E-I-F-E-R-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der sehr zielstrebig und bestimmt vorgeht, sich fanatisch für eine Idee einsetzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Eiferer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Angriff erfolgte durch einen religiösen Eiferer.
„Eiferer haben, so liest man, eine bronzene Frauenfigur mit ihrem Namenszug, die im Stadtpark an sie erinnern sollte, mit Farbe übergossen und aus ihrem Sockel zu reißen versucht.“
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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.