ermahnen
\ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən\
The verdict
“ermahnen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exhorter, avertir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-ermahnen · ermahnen · French
ermahnen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | ermahnen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
ermahnen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛɐ̯ˈmaːnən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exhorter, avertir.".
ermahnen has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is ermahnen, spelled E-R-M-A-H-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Exhorter, avertir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ermahnen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(...) Dann lässt er sich von seinem Fahrer zu einem Talib chauffieren, den die Amerikaner angeblich mal im Visier hatten, und ballert mit dem Sturmgewehr ins Geröll - bis sein Ohr schmerzt. Der bärtige Talib, der sich das Schauspiel anschaut, grinst, ermahnt ihn, vorsichtig mit der Waffe zu hantieren. Sie schütteln sich die Hände.
Chinas Parteiführung (...) lässt Ökonomen verschwinden, die den Ernst der Lage benennen. (...) Zhu ist kein Einzelfall, die Partei soll auch andere Ökonomen zuletzt freundlich oder weniger freundlich ermahnt haben, die Wirtschaftslage in ein gutes Licht zu rücken.
Antonyms
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.