Heroe
[heˈʁoːə]
The verdict
“Heroe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (antike) griechische Mythologie: große Taten vollbringender Held, götterähnlich, oft halbgöttlich (mit göttlichem Elternteil); auch mythische (heroisierte) Tote
Corpus desk
Index DE-heroe · Heroe · German
Heroe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- 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 | Heroe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [heˈʁoːə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Heroe“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Heroe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [heˈʁoːə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Heroe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Heroe, spelled H-E-R-O-E.
Definition
- 1(antike) griechische Mythologie: große Taten vollbringender Held, götterähnlich, oft halbgöttlich (mit göttlichem Elternteil); auch mythische (heroisierte) Tote
- 2Held
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Heroe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Pindar zufolge soll der Heroe Herakles den heiligen Bezirk der Altis, auf dem die Spiele stattfanden, gestiftet haben.“
„Am anderen Ufer des Kephistos stand einst ein Altar des Zeus, an dem der Heroe Theseus ein wichtiges Opfer darbrachte.“
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.