erhören
[ɛɐ̯ˈhøːʁən]
The verdict
“erhören” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. 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) - jemandem etwas, um das er gebeten hat, gewähren
Corpus desk
Index DE-erhoren · erhören · German
erhören · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 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 | erhören |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːʁən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „erhören“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
erhören is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈhøːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for erhören, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is erhören, spelled E-R-H-Ö-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemandem etwas, um das er gebeten hat, gewähren
- 2jemandes Werben nachgeben
- 3etwas anhören und ertragen
- 4mit dem Ohr vernehmen (hören)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how erhören appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh Herr, erhöre mich!
Ihre Verwandten haben ihre Bitten endlich erhört, und sie bei sich aufgenommen.
This word in other languages
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.