Sermon
[zɛʁˈmoːn]
The verdict
“Sermon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. 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) - weitschweifige, langweilige Rede
Corpus desk
Index DE-sermon · Sermon · German
Sermon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 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 | Sermon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zɛʁˈmoːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Sermon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Sermon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [zɛʁˈmoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Sermon in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Sermon, spelled S-E-R-M-O-N.
Definition
- 1weitschweifige, langweilige Rede
- 2Rede, in der die biblische Botschaft verkündet wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Sermon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alles, was für den späteren Salinger typisch ist – eine peinlich genau durchgearbeitete Prosa, ein etwas manisches Interesse am Zen-Buddhismus, ein Hang zum Sermon und ein Hass auf alles Akademische – lässt sich an „Zooey“ beobachten.
„Er schien mir zuzuhören, während ich meinen Sermon abspulte.“
Synonyms
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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.