Elohim
[eloˈhiːm]
The verdict
“Elohim” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bezeichnung im Alten Testament für Jahwe
Corpus desk
Index DE-elohim · Elohim · German
Elohim · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Elohim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eloˈhiːm] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Elohim“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Elohim is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eloˈhiːm]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bezeichnung im Alten Testament für Jahwe".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Elohim, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Elohim, spelled E-L-O-H-I-M.
Definition
- 1Bezeichnung im Alten Testament für Jahwe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Elohim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da diese Welt die ‚Welt größter Spannung‘ ist, so sind sowohl der Elohim [Gott] IHWH [Jahwe] wie die anderen Elohim [Götter] an der hiesigen Welt ‚interessiert‘.[…] Am sechsten Schöpfungstage wird Adam, d. h. das ‚Erdenwesen‘ … geschaffen, an dessen Herstellung nicht nur der Elohim IHWH, sondern auch die anderen Elohim beteiligt sind.“
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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.