eure

/[ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]/ det

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#878

in German word usage

Misspellings

3

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

eure is aGermandet. It means: Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer Pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]. It ranks #878 in German word frequency. Often confused with eye and eve.

Key facts for eure
PropertyValue
Headwordeure
LanguageGerman
Part of speechDet
IPA[ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]
Letters4
Frequency rank#878
Misspellings tracked3
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of eure in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for eure is 4 letters long, classified as adet, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]. Corpus data places it at rank #878 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 3 documented wrong-spelling variants for eure, with forms such as "erue", "eurre", and "uere". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "eye", "eve", "ewe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is eure, spelled E-U-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Femininum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  7. 7
    Nominativ Plural bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  8. 8
    Akkusativ Plural bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
  9. 9
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer mit Artikel
  10. 10
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer mit Artikel
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer mit Artikel

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erue,eurre,uere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for eure

Misspelling Variants of "eure"

erue4eurre5uere4
Misspelling Variants of "eure"

Frequency rank: #878 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eure"?
"eure" is spelled E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə].
What does "eure" mean?
As a det, "eure" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer
What words are commonly confused with "eure"?
"eure" is commonly confused with "eye", "eve", "ewe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eure" is [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eure" come from?
"eure" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.