ermahnen
[ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən]
The verdict
“ermahnen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,737 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,737
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemanden bestimmt auf ein erwünschtes Verhalten hinweisen; jemanden zur Ordnung rufen; jemanden ins Gewissen reden
Corpus desk
Index DE-ermahnen · ermahnen · German
ermahnen · rank #58,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,737
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erkenn
Nearest frequency peer: erkenn (-1 rank slots)
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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ermahnen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erfrischen
erfrischen
41,267 corpus weight
- erhobenem
erhobenem
41,266 corpus weight
- erkenn
erkenn
41,265 corpus weight
- ermahnen
ermahnen
41,264 corpus weight
- erträglichen
erträglichen
41,263 corpus weight
- erwürgen
erwürgen
41,262 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ermahnen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ermahnen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #58,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ermahnen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ermahnen is uncommon German at frequency #58,737 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemanden bestimmt auf ein erwünschtes Verhalten hinweisen; jemanden zur Ordnung rufen; jemanden ins Gewissen reden".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ermahnen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 ermahnen, spelled E-R-M-A-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1jemanden bestimmt auf ein erwünschtes Verhalten hinweisen; jemanden zur Ordnung rufen; jemanden ins Gewissen reden
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ermahnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Pscht, Ruhe“, ermahnte der Lehrer seine Schüler bei der Klausur.
„Als Arzt muss ich sie ermahnen, diese Antibiotika auch wirklich bis zum kompletten Aufbrauch zu nehmen. Nur weil sie sich besser fühlen sind die Erreger noch nicht besiegt!“
Antonyms
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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