respektwürdig
[ʁeˈspɛktˌvʏʁdɪç]
The verdict
“respektwürdig” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Respekt verdienend
Corpus desk
Index DE-respektwurdig · respektwürdig · German
respektwürdig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | respektwürdig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁeˈspɛktˌvʏʁdɪç] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „respektwürdig“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
respektwürdig is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁeˈspɛktˌvʏʁdɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Respekt verdienend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for respektwürdig, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is respektwürdig, spelled R-E-S-P-E-K-T-W-Ü-R-D-I-G.
Definition
- 1Respekt verdienend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how respektwürdig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ihre Einhaltung zeigt dem anderen, dass man die kulturgebundenen Bedeutungen von Handlungen kennt und durch ihre Einhaltung die Situation und den anderen als respektwürdig bewertet.“
„Es gibt keine stichhaltigere und ‚keine theoretisch respektwürdigere Alternative zur Begründung und Rechtfertigung des kollektivbindenden Entscheidens durch den empirischen Willen der Bürger‘ (Offe 1992, S. 126).“
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.