gottesfürchtig
[ˈɡɔtəsˌfʏʁçtɪç]
The verdict
“gottesfürchtig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - stark im Glauben an Gott, ihn achtend und seine Gebote beachtend
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Index DE-gottesfurchtig · gottesfürchtig · German
gottesfürchtig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gottesfürchtig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʏʁçtɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „gottesfürchtig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
gottesfürchtig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈɡɔtəsˌfʏʁçtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "stark im Glauben an Gott, ihn achtend und seine Gebote beachtend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gottesfürchtig, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is gottesfürchtig, spelled G-O-T-T-E-S-F-Ü-R-C-H-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1stark im Glauben an Gott, ihn achtend und seine Gebote beachtend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gottesfürchtig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Friedrich Wilhelm war ein sehr gottesfürchtiger Mensch, […].“
„Ich bin geprägt durch eine gottesfürchtige Mutter, die – je älter sie wird, jetzt ist sie 93 – noch gottesfürchtiger wird.“
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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.