wie vom Donner gerührt
[viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t]
The verdict
“wie vom Donner gerührt” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vor Schreck erstarrt
Corpus desk
Index DE-wie-vom-donner-geruhrt · wie vom Donner gerührt · German
wie vom Donner gerührt · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" 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 | 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „wie vom Donner gerührt“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
wie vom Donner gerührt is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [viː fɔm ˈdɔnɐ ɡəˈʁyːɐ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how wie vom Donner gerührt appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sie standen wie vom Donner gerührt, als sie die Welle herannahen sahen.
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.