Ermunterung
[ɛɐ̯ˈmʊntəʁʊŋ]
The verdict
“Ermunterung” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Versuch, jemandem mehr Freude, Mut zu geben
Corpus desk
Index DE-ermunterung · Ermunterung · German
Ermunterung · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | Ermunterung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛɐ̯ˈmʊntəʁʊŋ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ermunterung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ermunterung is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɛɐ̯ˈmʊntəʁʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Versuch, jemandem mehr Freude, Mut zu geben".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ermunterung, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Ermunterung, spelled E-R-M-U-N-T-E-R-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Versuch, jemandem mehr Freude, Mut zu geben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ermunterung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Es sei ihm um Ermunterung der Soldaten gegangen, darum, ihr Selbstbewusstsein zu stärken.“
„Ermunterungen aus der Partei und der Bevölkerung hätten eine wesentliche Rolle für seine Kandidatur gespielt.“
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.