être humain

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The verdict

“être humain” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. 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) - menschliches Wesen, Mensch

Corpus desk

Index DE-etre-humain · être humain · German

être humain · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "Ê" 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.

Key facts for être humain
PropertyValue
Headwordêtre humain
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[…]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „être humain“ im Deutschen

être humainsitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

être humain is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "menschliches Wesen, Mensch".

être humain doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 être humain, spelled Ê-T-R-E- -H-U-M-A-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    menschliches Wesen, Mensch

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how être humain appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Tous les êtres humains naissent libres et égaux en dignité et en droits.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "être humain"?
"être humain" is spelled Ê-T-R-E- -H-U-M-A-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "être humain" mean?
As a phrase, "être humain" means: menschliches Wesen, Mensch
How do you pronounce "être humain"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "être humain" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "être humain" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list