Polyglot Dictionary

ehrenhaft

/ˈeːʁənhaft/

adjective C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

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Meaning

  1. honourable

    • Das war eine ehrenhafte Tat.

      That was an honourable deed.

Similar words

honorig

Ehrenhaft is the more common, standard word for "honourable"; honorig is rarer and more old-fashioned.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

honorable

honorable is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "honourable."

Portuguese

honrado

honrado is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "honourable."

Practice

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