heroic
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The verdict
“heroic” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - heldenhaft, heldenmütig, heroisch
Corpus desk
Index DE-heroic · heroic · German
heroic · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | heroic |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „heroic“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
heroic is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "heldenhaft, heldenmütig, heroisch".
Zero misspellings are on record for heroic in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is heroic, spelled H-E-R-O-I-C.
Definition
- 1heldenhaft, heldenmütig, heroisch
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how heroic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
His action was heroic.
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.