Jahwe

[ˈjaːve]

/[ˈjaːve]/ noun

The verdict

“Jahwe” is uncommon German (frequency #61,640 among 699 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,640
frequency rank, German
699
“J” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - alttestamentlicher Name Gottes

Corpus desk

Index DE-jahwe · Jahwe · German

Jahwe · rank #61,640 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,640
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 699
  • PHOTO-FINISH jahrelanges

Nearest frequency peer: jahrelanges (-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 „Jahwe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Jahwe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Jahwe
PropertyValue
HeadwordJahwe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈjaːve]
Letters5
Frequency rank#61,640
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Jahwe“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Jahwefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „jahrelanges“ (#61,639), „jardin“ (#61,641), „Jarl“ (#61,642). Unter 699 „J“-Lemmata liegt „Jahwe“ bei #61,640. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Jahwe is uncommon German at frequency #61,640 among 699 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjaːve]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "alttestamentlicher Name Gottes".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Jahwe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Jahwe, spelled J-A-H-W-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    alttestamentlicher Name Gottes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Jahwe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Im Urtext gibt es viele Namen für Gott, der wesentliche Name Jahwe bedeutet "Ich bin da" - ein Ausdruck für Gottes Erfahrbarkeit.“
  2. Wo war Jahwe während der Shoah?

Synonyms

Antonyms

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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Jahwe"?
"Jahwe" is spelled J-A-H-W-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈjaːve].
What does "Jahwe" mean?
As a noun, "Jahwe" means: alttestamentlicher Name Gottes
How do you pronounce "Jahwe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Jahwe" is [ˈjaːve]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Jahwe" come from?
"Jahwe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Jahwe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list