Gottesfurcht

[ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]

/[ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]/ noun

The verdict

“Gottesfurcht” is uncommon German (frequency #95,666 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,666
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ehrfurcht gegenüber Gott

Corpus desk

Index DE-gottesfurcht · Gottesfurcht · German

Gottesfurcht · rank #95,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,666
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gotisch

Nearest frequency peer: gotisch (-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 „Gottesfurcht“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gottesfurcht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Gottesfurcht
PropertyValue
HeadwordGottesfurcht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]
Letters12
Frequency rank#95,666
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Gottesfurcht“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Gottesfurchtfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gotisch“ (#95,665), „grabs“ (#95,667), „gradlinig“ (#95,668). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Gottesfurcht“ bei #95,666. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Gottesfurcht is uncommon German at frequency #95,666 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ehrfurcht gegenüber Gott".

No misspelling variants are generated for Gottesfurcht in our 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Gottesfurcht, spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-F-U-R-C-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ehrfurcht gegenüber Gott

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Bei näherer Betrachtung stellte sich jedoch heraus, daß dieses Buch die Gottesfurcht bloß zum Vorwand nahm, um sie mit vollen Kräften zu leugnen.“
  2. „Das hatte er vor allem seiner sittlichen Rechtschaffenheit zu verdanken und seiner Gottesfurcht, die sein steifer weißer Kragen ausstrahlte.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Gottesfurcht"?
"Gottesfurcht" is spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-F-U-R-C-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt].
What does "Gottesfurcht" mean?
As a noun, "Gottesfurcht" means: Ehrfurcht gegenüber Gott
How do you pronounce "Gottesfurcht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Gottesfurcht" is [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Gottesfurcht" come from?
"Gottesfurcht" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Gottesfurcht", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list