reumütig
[ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]
The verdict
“reumütig” is uncommon German (frequency #86,981 among 42,116 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,981
- frequency rank, German
- 42,116
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | reumütig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “reumütig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
reumütig is uncommon German at frequency #86,981 among 42,116 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʁɔɪ̯ˌmyːtɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend".
No misspelling variants are generated for reumütig in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 reumütig, spelled R-E-U-M-Ü-T-I-G.
Definition
- 1(nach einer schlechten/schlimmen Tat) Reue/Schuldbewusstsein empfindend/zeigend
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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.
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- The one correct German spelling is R-E-U-M-Ü-T-I-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.