ereifern
[ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯fɐn]
The verdict
“ereifern” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voller Engagement, mit Leidenschaft (Eifer) für etwas eintreten
Corpus desk
Index DE-ereifern · ereifern · German
ereifern · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | ereifern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯fɐn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ereifern“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ereifern is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈʔaɪ̯fɐn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "voller Engagement, mit Leidenschaft (Eifer) für etwas eintreten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for ereifern, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ereifern, spelled E-R-E-I-F-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1voller Engagement, mit Leidenschaft (Eifer) für etwas eintreten
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ereifern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er ereifert sich über das Verhalten der anderen.
„Zum Schluss waren es dann philosophische Fragen, über die sie sich ereiferten: Ist es wirklich unabänderlich, dass der Stärkere den Schwächeren frisst?“
Antonyms
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.