Gerechter unter den Völkern

[ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn]

/[ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn]/ phrase

The verdict

“Gerechter unter den Völkern” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
27
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — in Israel nach der Staatsgründung 1948 eingeführter und seit 1962 verliehener Ehrentitel für nichtjüdische Einzelpersonen beziehungsweise Gruppe von Einzelpersonen, die während der Schoah unter Ein...

Key facts for Gerechter unter den Völkern
PropertyValue
HeadwordGerechter unter den Völkern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn]
Letters27
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Gerechter unter den Völkern” sits in German frequency

Gerechter unter den Völkern falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Gerechter unter den Völkern is 27 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "in Israel nach der Staatsgründung 1948 eingeführter und seit 1962 verliehener Ehrentitel für nichtjüdische Einzelpersonen beziehungsweise Gruppe von Einzelpersonen, die während der Schoah unter Ein...".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gerechter unter den Völkern in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Gerechter unter den Völkern, spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T-E-R- -U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-N- -V-Ö-L-K-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Israel nach der Staatsgründung 1948 eingeführter und seit 1962 verliehener Ehrentitel für nichtjüdische Einzelpersonen beziehungsweise Gruppe von Einzelpersonen, die während der Schoah unter Einsatz ihres eigenen Lebens Juden vor der Ermordung retteten „und dafür kein Geld oder andere Gegenleistungen erhalten haben“

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gerechter unter den Völkern"?
"Gerechter unter den Völkern" is spelled G-E-R-E-C-H-T-E-R- -U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-N- -V-Ö-L-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn].
What does "Gerechter unter den Völkern" mean?
As a phrase, "Gerechter unter den Völkern" means: in Israel nach der Staatsgründung 1948 eingeführter und seit 1962 verliehener Ehrentitel für nichtjüdische Einzelpersonen beziehungsweise Gruppe von Einzelpersonen, die während der Schoah unter Ein...
How do you pronounce "Gerechter unter den Völkern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gerechter unter den Völkern" is [ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gerechter unter den Völkern" come from?
"Gerechter unter den Völkern" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “Gerechter unter den Völkern”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is G-E-R-E-C-H-T-E-R- -U-N-T-E-R- -D-E-N- -V-Ö-L-K-E-R-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɡəˈʁɛçtɐ ˌʔʊntɐ deːn ˈfœlkɐn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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