Emerit
German, noun[ˌeː.meˈʁiːt]
Emerit is spelled E-M-E-R-I-T (6 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written German, the 618,004th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emerit is a German masculine noun meaning “retiree” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Hochschulprofessor im Ruhestand”.
What does Emerit mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineretiree
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hochschulprofessor im Ruhestand 2. katholischer Amtsträger, der seine Funktion nicht mehr ausüben kann
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 Emerit
- Emeriten genitive
- Emeritin feminine
- Emeritus variant
- [1] vermutlich, aber nicht zu belegen: Emeritin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Emerit?
- [ˌeː.meˈʁiːt]
- [ˌeːmeˈʁiːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Emerit in German?
Emerit appears about once in every 95 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).