Gottesfurcht
[ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt]
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
- Golgatha
Golgatha
4,339 corpus weight
- gotisch
gotisch
4,336 corpus weight
- Gottesfurcht
Gottesfurcht
4,335 corpus weight
- grabs
grabs
4,334 corpus weight
- gradlinig
gradlinig
4,333 corpus weight
- Gravuren
Gravuren
4,332 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gottesfurcht“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gottesfurcht |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʊʁçt] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gottesfurcht“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Ehrfurcht gegenüber Gott
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Gottesfurcht appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei näherer Betrachtung stellte sich jedoch heraus, daß dieses Buch die Gottesfurcht bloß zum Vorwand nahm, um sie mit vollen Kräften zu leugnen.“
„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.
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