hehr
[heːɐ̯]
The verdict
“hehr” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - beeindruckend durch Großartigkeit und Erhabenheit, Ehrfurcht einflößend
Corpus desk
Index DE-hehr · hehr · German
hehr · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" 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 | hehr |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [heːɐ̯] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „hehr“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
hehr is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [heːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hehr, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is hehr, spelled H-E-H-R.
Definition
- 1beeindruckend durch Großartigkeit und Erhabenheit, Ehrfurcht einflößend
- 2stolz, freudig
- 3hinsichtlich des gesellschaftlichen Ansehens und der gesellschaftlichen Stellung herausragend
- 4gelobt, heilig (bezogen auf Personen und Gegenstände der christlichen Religion)
- 5fein, dünn, schmal
- 6helltönend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how hehr appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Eure fromme Seele ahnt
„Und ich wandre aus den Mauern
This word in other languages
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.