Vatermörder
[ˈfaːtɐˌmœʁdɐ]
The verdict
“Vatermörder” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mensch, der seinen eigenen Vater ermordet hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-vatermorder · Vatermörder · German
Vatermörder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" 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 | Vatermörder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfaːtɐˌmœʁdɐ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Vatermörder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Vatermörder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfaːtɐˌmœʁdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Vatermörder, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Vatermörder, spelled V-A-T-E-R-M-Ö-R-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Mensch, der seinen eigenen Vater ermordet hat
- 2hoher Stehkragen an Herrenhemden (im 19. Jahrhundert in Mode)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Vatermörder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ödipus wurde, ohne es zu wissen, zum Vatermörder.
„Er wusste, dass Sunkan die Tochter seines Vorgängers Pastor Krogh war, und genau wie andere auf der Insel Suduroy hatte er die Gerüchte über den Vatermörder von Sumba gehört.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.