ermahnen
[ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən]
The verdict
“ermahnen” is an uncommon German word, ranked #58,737 in German word frequency and used as a verb.
- #58,737
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemanden bestimmt auf ein erwünschtes Verhalten hinweisen; jemanden zur Ordnung rufen; jemanden ins Gewissen reden
| 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) |
Where “ermahnen” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for ermahnen is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən]. Corpus data places it at rank #58,737 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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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Using “ermahnen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-R-M-A-H-N-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.