wie vom Donner gerührt
[viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“wie vom Donner gerührt” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - vor Schreck erstarrt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wie vom Donner gerührt |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t] |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wie vom Donner gerührt” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for wie vom Donner gerührt is 22 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "vor Schreck erstarrt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wie vom Donner gerührt, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is wie vom Donner gerührt, spelled W-I-E- -V-O-M- -D-O-N-N-E-R- -G-E-R-Ü-H-R-T.
Definition
- 1vor Schreck erstarrt
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.
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Using “wie vom Donner gerührt”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is W-I-E- -V-O-M- -D-O-N-N-E-R- -G-E-R-Ü-H-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.