sehr gut
[ˈzeːɐ̯ ˌɡuːt]
The verdict
“sehr gut” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Deutschland: beste Schulnote; eine Eins; in Österreich großgeschrieben: „Sehr gut“
Corpus desk
Index DE-sehr-gut · sehr gut · German
sehr gut · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | sehr gut |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈzeːɐ̯ ˌɡuːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „sehr gut“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
sehr gut is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈzeːɐ̯ ˌɡuːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for sehr gut in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is sehr gut, spelled S-E-H-R- -G-U-T.
Definition
- 1in Deutschland: beste Schulnote; eine Eins; in Österreich großgeschrieben: „Sehr gut“
- 2hervorragend, besonders gut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sehr gut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Meine Arbeit war sehr gut.
In einem Sternerestaurant werden sehr gute Speisen serviert.
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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.