ernstgemeint
[ˈɛʁnstɡəˌmaɪ̯nt]
The verdict
“ernstgemeint” is uncommon German (frequency #88,881 among 4,632 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,881
- frequency rank, German
- 4,632
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Wirklichkeit entsprechend, realistisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-ernstgemeint · ernstgemeint · German
ernstgemeint · rank #88,881 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,881
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,632
- PHOTO-FINISH erni
Nearest frequency peer: erni (-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 „ernstgemeint“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- erlesen
erlesen
11,123 corpus weight
- erloschene
erloschene
11,122 corpus weight
- erni
erni
11,121 corpus weight
- ernstgemeint
ernstgemeint
11,120 corpus weight
- Ernährungsg…
Ernährungsgewohnheiten
11,118 corpus weight
- errungene
errungene
11,117 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ernstgemeint“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ernstgemeint |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɛʁnstɡəˌmaɪ̯nt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,881 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ernstgemeint“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ernstgemeint is uncommon German at frequency #88,881 among 4,632 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɛʁnstɡəˌmaɪ̯nt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Wirklichkeit entsprechend, realistisch".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ernstgemeint, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is ernstgemeint, spelled E-R-N-S-T-G-E-M-E-I-N-T.
Definition
- 1der Wirklichkeit entsprechend, realistisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ernstgemeint appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das ist ein ernstgemeinter Ratschlag. Ich meine es ja nur gut mit dir.
Ich glaube schon, dass das ein ernstgemeintes Angebot ist.
Antonyms
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).